# Grok 4.5 vs Wizardlm 70b

> Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-5-vs-wizardlm-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.5 leads 56.1 to 20.7.
- Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 55.0 | 33.0 |
| Rank | 25 | 249 |
| Context | 500K | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $6 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.5: 52.2 (#35)
- Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1474 | 1081 |
| DeepSWE | 53.8% | — |
| FrontierCode | 42.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1553 | — |
| SciCode | 54.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 46.4% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,309 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.5: 44.4 (#17)
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 56.2% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 47.9% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 23.4% | — |
| GBAEval | 65.4% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1213 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,887 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.5: 56.1 (#25)
- Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1462 | 1079 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 52.6% | — |
| SimpleBench | 70% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 83.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 79.9% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.2% | — |
| CritPt | 15.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 36% | — |
| DTBench | 96.5% | — |
| LMCA | 45.2% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 74.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 153.92 | — |

## Math

- Grok 4.5: 60.9 (#35)
- Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1459 | 1116 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 57.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 24.4% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 97.8% | — |
| ProofBench | 31% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.5: 62.3 (#24)
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 93.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 48.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1466 | — |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.5: 37.6 (#72)
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1288 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 27.3% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1452 | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.5: 54.4 (#42)
- Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1440 | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1496 | 1052 |
| LMArena German | 1446 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1448 | 1155 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1450 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.5: 76.0 (#48)
- Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1446 | 1093 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.5: 44.8 (#56)
- Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1097 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.5: 65.8 (#42)
- Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.5 | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1448 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1442 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1108 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1579 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.5 better than Wizardlm 70b?

Grok 4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 55.0 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.5 or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Grok 4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.5 and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.5 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.