Model comparison

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct vs Wizardlm 70b

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

32.4

Rank #245 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.5 to 34.9.

Side by side

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index37.732.4
Released2025-04—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$7.50—
Results tracked2512

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.2 (#199), Wizardlm 70b: 30.9 (#280)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14131081
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)55.4%—
LMArena WebDev1275—
GSO4.9%—
WeirdML41.2%—
ALE-Bench461.45—
AlgoTune1.44—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.7 (#116), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
Terminal-Bench27.2%—

Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 24.7 (#141), Wizardlm 70b: 19.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts13721079
Kagi LLM Benchmark49.5%—

Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 34.9 (#151), Wizardlm 70b: 29.7 (#216)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math13641116

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 36.4 (#159), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
LMArena Expert1337—

Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.8 (#143), Wizardlm 70b: 29.8 (#260)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English13451078
LMArena Chinese13561052
LMArena German13241083
LMArena Russian13671155
LMArena French1394—
LMArena Japanese1309—
LMArena Korean1307—
LMArena Spanish1360—

Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.8 (#142), Wizardlm 70b: 56.5 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following13561093

Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#126), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#258)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query13791097

Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.5 (#142), Wizardlm 70b: 34.9 (#264)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Coder 480B-A35B InstructWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text13561120
LMArena Creative Writing13331149
LMArena Multi-Turn13651108

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better than Wizardlm 70b?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.2 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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