Model comparison

Qwen3-30B-A3B vs Wizardlm 70b

Qwen3-30B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3-30B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

38.5

Rank #174 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

32.4

Rank #245 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-30B-A3B scores higher in 6 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-30B-A3B leads 55.9 to 34.9.

Side by side

Qwen3-30B-A3B and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Qwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index38.532.4
Released2025-04-28—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window41K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.12—
Output $ / M tokens$0.50—
Results tracked3212

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-30B-A3B leads

Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.0 (#188), Wizardlm 70b: 30.9 (#280)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14161081
SciCode33.3%—
WeirdML29.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3-30B-A3B: 29.5 (#75), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard41.4%—

Reasoning Qwen3-30B-A3B leads

Qwen3-30B-A3B: 21.6 (#193), Wizardlm 70b: 19.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts13981079
Kagi LLM Benchmark54.9%—
CritPt0.3%—
Chess Puzzles8%—
DTBench69.3%—
LMCA22.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index139.63—

Math Qwen3-30B-A3B leads

Qwen3-30B-A3B: 36.0 (#133), Wizardlm 70b: 29.7 (#216)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math13941116
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions47.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202570.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3-30B-A3B: 41.7 (#96), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond70.1%—
Confabulations12.3%—
LMArena Expert1395—

Multilingual Qwen3-30B-A3B leads

Qwen3-30B-A3B: 49.8 (#126), Wizardlm 70b: 29.8 (#260)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English13721078
LMArena Chinese14341052
LMArena German13791083
LMArena Russian13691155
LMArena French1419—
LMArena Japanese1338—
LMArena Korean1333—
LMArena Spanish1403—

Instruction Following Qwen3-30B-A3B leads

Qwen3-30B-A3B: 72.2 (#137), Wizardlm 70b: 56.5 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following13641093

Long Context Wizardlm 70b leads

Qwen3-30B-A3B: 31.0 (#278), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#258)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query13791097
Fiction.LiveBench40.6%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3-30B-A3B leads

Qwen3-30B-A3B: 55.9 (#138), Wizardlm 70b: 34.9 (#264)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-30B-A3BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text13841120
LMArena Creative Writing13181149
LMArena Multi-Turn13781108
Short-Story Creative Writing75.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-30B-A3B better than Wizardlm 70b?

Qwen3-30B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3-30B-A3B or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Qwen3-30B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3-30B-A3B and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-30B-A3B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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