Model comparison

Qwen3 32B vs Wizardlm 70b

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3 32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.2

Rank #172 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3 32B scores higher in 6 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 32B leads 52.9 to 34.8.

Side by side

Qwen3 32B and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Qwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index39.233.0
Released2025-04—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.70—
Output $ / M tokens$2.80—
Results tracked2612

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen3 32B: 37.7 (#190), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding13581081
Aider Polyglot40%—
SciCode35.4%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3 32B: 32.6 (#62), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard48.7%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Qwen3 32B: 20.2 (#241), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts13341079
Kagi LLM Benchmark54.9%—
CritPt0.3%—
Chess Puzzles5%—
DTBench67.5%—
LMCA17.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index138.51—

Math Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen3 32B: 39.7 (#99), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math13991116
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202566.9%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#125), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond65.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.9%—
LMArena Expert1362—

Multilingual Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen3 32B: 45.6 (#167), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English13171078
LMArena Chinese13571052
LMArena German13411083
LMArena Russian13111155

Instruction Following Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen3 32B: 68.9 (#179), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following13051093

Long Context Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen3 32B: 43.8 (#87), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query13271097
Fiction.LiveBench74.2%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3 32B leads

Qwen3 32B: 52.9 (#163), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 32BWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text13401120
LMArena Creative Writing12971149
LMArena Multi-Turn13311108

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 32B better than Wizardlm 70b?

Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3 32B or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Qwen3 32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3 32B and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 32B has 26 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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