Model comparison

Qwen3 Max vs Wizardlm 13b

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

43.7

Rank #87 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

31.4

Rank #274 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3 Max 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 Max leads 62.4 to 30.5.
  • Wizardlm 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3 Max and Wizardlm 13b specifications
Qwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index43.731.4
Released2025-09-23—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.20—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked3310

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding14561035
ALE-Bench370.45—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3 Max: —, Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
Vending-Bench 271.56—

Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts14481018
Kagi LLM Benchmark72.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)30.1%—
Chess Puzzles4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles5%—
DTBench82.1%—
LMCA28.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.38—

Math Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Math14461017
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)18.9%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—
MATH Level 597.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond72.6%—
SimpleQA Verified48.7%—
LMArena Expert1455—

Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English14291034
LMArena Chinese14781023
LMArena French1449—
LMArena German1463—
LMArena Japanese1397—
LMArena Korean1399—
LMArena Russian1428—
LMArena Spanish1462—

Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following14191048

Long Context Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query14381054
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—
CL-bench14.5%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads

Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Text14391077
LMArena Creative Writing14021091
LMArena Multi-Turn14461047

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 Max better than Wizardlm 13b?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3 Max or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3 Max and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 Max has 33 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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