# Mistral vs Wizardlm 70b

> Wizardlm 70b is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-wizardlm-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 5 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Wizardlm 70b leads 32.2 to 22.3.
- Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 33.0 |
| Rank | 303 | 249 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
- Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1081 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
- Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1079 |

## Math

- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
- Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1116 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
- Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1052 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1155 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
- Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1093 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
- Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1097 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
- Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1108 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Wizardlm 70b?

Wizardlm 70b is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.