Model comparison

o3-mini vs Wizardlm 70b

o3-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

o3-mini OpenAI

36.7

Rank #212 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. o3-mini scores higher in 5 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where o3-mini leads 75.1 to 56.3.
  • Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o3-mini and Wizardlm 70b specifications
o3-miniWizardlm 70b
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index36.733.0
Released2024-12-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output100K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.10—
Output $ / M tokens$4.40—
Results tracked5112

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Category by category

Coding o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 40.8 (#132), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding13781081
Aider Polyglot60.4%—
SciCode39.8%—
GSO1.3%—
WeirdML43.7%—
LiveBench Coding82.7%—
CadEval54%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o3-mini: 29.6 (#84), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniWizardlm 70b
Cybench22.5%—

Reasoning Wizardlm 70b leads

o3-mini: 16.3 (#305), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts13661079
ARC-AGI-23%—
SimpleBench22.8%—
ARC-AGI-134.5%—
CritPt0.3%—
Chess Puzzles17%—
LiveBench Reasoning89.6%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis70.6%—
LMCA19%—
Epoch Capabilities Index140.34—
ForecastBench59.6—
LiveBench75.9%—

Math Wizardlm 70b leads

o3-mini: 28.1 (#244), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Knowledge Not comparable

o3-mini: 38.3 (#146), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond77%—
SimpleQA Verified15.3%—
Confabulations17.9%—
LMArena Expert1364—

Multilingual o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 45.7 (#164), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English13191078
LMArena Chinese13791052
LMArena German13031083
LMArena Russian13041155
LMArena French1334—
LMArena Japanese1286—
LMArena Korean1314—
LMArena Spanish1321—

Instruction Following o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 75.1 (#72), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following13371093
LiveBench Instruction Following84.4%—

Long Context Too close to call

o3-mini: 33.8 (#256), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query13431097
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference o3-mini leads

o3-mini: 50.3 (#182), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko3-miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text13371120
LMArena Creative Writing12861149
LMArena Multi-Turn13201108
Short-Story Creative Writing61.7%—
LiveBench Language50.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-mini better than Wizardlm 70b?

o3-mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is o3-mini or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

o3-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o3-mini and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-mini has 51 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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