Model comparison

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct vs Wizardlm 13b

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

30.8

Rank #272 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct 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-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 58.2 to 30.7.

Side by side

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct and Wizardlm 13b specifications
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructWizardlm 13b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index42.530.8
Released2025-09—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked2510

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.9 (#101), Wizardlm 13b: 29.6 (#293)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructWizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding14411035

Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 30.1 (#79), Wizardlm 13b: 18.5 (#265)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructWizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts14281018
Kagi LLM Benchmark66.7%—

Math Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 36.3 (#118), Wizardlm 13b: 27.8 (#235)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructWizardlm 13b
LMArena Math14401017
Omni-MATH46.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.3 (#102), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructWizardlm 13b
MMLU-Pro78.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.3%—
GPQA (HELM)63%—
LMArena Expert1416—

Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.3 (#88), Wizardlm 13b: 27.3 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructWizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English14071034
LMArena Chinese14611023
LMArena French1415—
LMArena German1416—
LMArena Japanese1398—
LMArena Korean1366—
LMArena Russian1403—
LMArena Spanish1436—

Instruction Following Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 71.0 (#154), Wizardlm 13b: 53.7 (#280)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructWizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following13881049
IFEval81%—

Long Context Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#218), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#268)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructWizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query14031054
Fiction.LiveBench55.6%—

Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.2 (#116), Wizardlm 13b: 30.7 (#282)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3-Next 80B-A3B InstructWizardlm 13b
LMArena Text14171077
LMArena Creative Writing13331090
LMArena Multi-Turn14151047
WildBench80.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better than Wizardlm 13b?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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