# Phi-3.5-mini vs Wizardlm 70b

> Wizardlm 70b has enough public results to be ranked (#245); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-5-mini-vs-wizardlm-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Phi-3.5-mini leads 34.0 to 30.9.

## Snapshot

| | Phi-3.5-mini | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 36.4 | 32.4 |
| Rank | — | 245 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi-3.5-mini: 34.0 (#231)
- Wizardlm 70b: 30.9 (#280)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 32.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1081 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 38.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Wizardlm 70b: 19.8 (#231)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1079 |
| PIQA | 81% | — |

## Math

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Wizardlm 70b: 29.7 (#216)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1116 |
| GSM8K | 86.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Wizardlm 70b: —

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| BoolQ | 78% | — |

## Multilingual

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Wizardlm 70b: 29.8 (#260)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1078 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1052 |
| LMArena German | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1155 |

## Instruction Following

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Wizardlm 70b: 56.5 (#268)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1093 |

## Long Context

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#258)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1097 |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Wizardlm 70b: 34.9 (#264)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Wizardlm 70b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1120 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1149 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1108 |

## FAQ

### Is Phi-3.5-mini better than Wizardlm 70b?

Wizardlm 70b has enough public results to be ranked (#245); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Phi-3.5-mini or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Phi-3.5-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi-3.5-mini and Wizardlm 70b share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-3.5-mini has 5 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.