Model comparison

Qwen3.5-Flash vs Wizardlm 13b

Qwen3.5-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.5-Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

42.5

Rank #112 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

31.4

Rank #274 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.5-Flash 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-Flash leads 57.9 to 30.5.
  • Wizardlm 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.5-Flash and Wizardlm 13b specifications
Qwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index42.531.4
Released2026-02-23—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3210

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5-Flash leads

Qwen3.5-Flash: 34.2 (#242), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding14121035
LMArena WebDev1244—
ALE-Bench221.8—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.5-Flash: —, Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
Vending-Bench 2462.69—

Reasoning Qwen3.5-Flash leads

Qwen3.5-Flash: 33.7 (#72), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts14031018
Chess Puzzles21%—
Mystery Game Puzzles20%—
DTBench82.9%—
LMCA29.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.98—

Math Qwen3.5-Flash leads

Qwen3.5-Flash: 37.4 (#158), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
LMArena Math14071017
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)18.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202584.4%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)6.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.5-Flash: 43.2 (#93), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond82.3%—
SimpleQA Verified20.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.5%—
LMArena Expert1407—

Multilingual Qwen3.5-Flash leads

Qwen3.5-Flash: 50.5 (#121), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English13851034
LMArena Chinese14461023
LMArena French1412—
LMArena German1390—
LMArena Japanese1368—
LMArena Korean1344—
LMArena Russian1379—
LMArena Spanish1400—

Instruction Following Qwen3.5-Flash leads

Qwen3.5-Flash: 72.6 (#139), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following13741048

Long Context Qwen3.5-Flash leads

Qwen3.5-Flash: 42.4 (#124), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query13921054

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5-Flash leads

Qwen3.5-Flash: 57.9 (#122), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-FlashWizardlm 13b
LMArena Text13971077
LMArena Creative Writing13431091
LMArena Multi-Turn13931047

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.5-Flash better than Wizardlm 13b?

Qwen3.5-Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.5-Flash or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

Qwen3.5-Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5-Flash and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5-Flash has 32 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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