Model comparison

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B vs Wizardlm 13b

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.7

Rank #118 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

30.8

Rank #272 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 13b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads 58.1 to 30.7.

Side by side

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B and Wizardlm 13b specifications
Qwen3.5 35B-A3BWizardlm 13b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index41.730.8
Released2026-02-01—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked2810

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.5 (#244), Wizardlm 13b: 29.6 (#293)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 35B-A3BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding14101035
LMArena WebDev1254—
SciCode29.3%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 23.9 (#158), Wizardlm 13b: 18.5 (#265)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 35B-A3BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts14001018
CritPt0.6%—
Chess Puzzles10%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA29.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.52—

Math Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 38.4 (#86), Wizardlm 13b: 27.8 (#235)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 35B-A3BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Math14041017
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions56%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202570%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.7 (#73), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 35B-A3BWizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond83.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.5%—
LMArena Expert1408—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.2 (#122), Wizardlm 13b: 27.3 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 35B-A3BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English13791034
LMArena Chinese14581023
LMArena French1412—
LMArena German1367—
LMArena Japanese1326—
LMArena Korean1354—
LMArena Russian1377—
LMArena Spanish1390—

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 73.0 (#123), Wizardlm 13b: 53.7 (#280)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 35B-A3BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following13791049

Long Context Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#122), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#268)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 35B-A3BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query13901054

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 35B-A3B leads

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 58.1 (#118), Wizardlm 13b: 30.7 (#282)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5 35B-A3BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Text13951077
LMArena Creative Writing13471090
LMArena Multi-Turn13911047

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better than Wizardlm 13b?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.5 35B-A3B or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5 35B-A3B and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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