Model comparison

Qwen3.6 Plus vs Wizardlm 13b

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

31.4

Rank #274 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Qwen3.6 Plus leads 62.2 to 30.5.
  • Wizardlm 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.6 Plus and Wizardlm 13b specifications
Qwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index47.531.4
Released2026-03-31—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked3710

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding14671035
SWE-bench Verified57.9%—
LMArena WebDev1461—
SciCode40.7%—
ALE-Bench670.15—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: —, Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
Vending-Bench 25,115—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts14491018
NYT Connections (extended)60.3%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles17%—
Thematic Generalization59.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench81.9%—
LMCA33.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index147.65—

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
LMArena Math14501017
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)38.2%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202593.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)26.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)8.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond88.4%—
SimpleQA Verified44.1%—
LMArena Expert1454—

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English14241034
LMArena Chinese14771023
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1452—
LMArena Japanese1389—
LMArena Korean1379—
LMArena Russian1434—
LMArena Spanish1432—

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following14251048

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query14391054
CL-bench20.3%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.6 PlusWizardlm 13b
LMArena Text14371077
LMArena Creative Writing14041091
LMArena Multi-Turn14381047

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.6 Plus better than Wizardlm 13b?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.6 Plus or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Plus and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Plus has 37 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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