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# Wizardlm 70b

> Wizardlm 70b by Microsoft. Ranked #249 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 33.0. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/wizardlm-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Wizardlm 70b Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Wizardlm 70b by Microsoft ranks 249th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 33.0. Its strongest category is math, where it ranks 218th.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #249 of 354
- **Index score:** 33.0
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 12 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/microsoft.svg) Microsoft](https://noometry.com/providers/microsoft)
- **Released:** Unknown
- **Weights:** Open weights
- **Reasoning:** Unknown
- **Context window:** —
- **Max output:** —
- **Input price:** Not listed
- **Output price:** Not listed
- **Blended price:** Not listed
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** Not ranked
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Wizardlm 70b category scores

1.  Coding 31.4
2.  Reasoning 20.7
3.  Math 32.2
4.  Multilingual 29.6
5.  Instruction Following 56.3
6.  Long Context 33.3
7.  Writing & Preference 34.8
8.  0204060

Wizardlm 70b category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 31.4 | #285 | 1 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 20.7 | #234 | 1 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 32.2 | #218 | 1 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 29.6 | #265 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 56.3 | #273 | 1 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 33.3 | #263 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 34.8 | #269 | 3 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Wizardlm 70b places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Wizardlm 70b: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 32.2 | −4.4 | #218 of 327, top 67% |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 20.7 | −2.9 | #234 of 350, top 67% |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 31.4 | −7.3 | #285 of 340, top 84% |

### Weakest categories

Wizardlm 70b: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 56.3 | −15.0 | #273 of 305, top 90% |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 29.6 | −17.8 | #265 of 297, top 90% |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 33.3 | −7.7 | #263 of 296, top 89% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Wizardlm 70b. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Wizardlm 70b
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Qwen2.5-Coder-32B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen2-5-coder-32b) | #245 | 33.4 | $0.74 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/qwen2-5-coder-32b-vs-wizardlm-70b) |
| [Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-1-5-flash) | #246 | 33.2 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-vs-wizardlm-70b) |
| [Granite 3.1 2b Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/granite-3-1-2b-instruct) | #247 | 33.2 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/granite-3-1-2b-instruct-vs-wizardlm-70b) |
| [Gemma 2 2b IT](https://noometry.com/models/gemma-2-2b-it) | #248 | 33.1 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-2b-it-vs-wizardlm-70b) |
| [Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-medium-4k-instruct) | #250 | 33.0 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-medium-4k-instruct-vs-wizardlm-70b) |
| [Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B](https://noometry.com/models/tulu-3-70b) | #251 | 33.0 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/tulu-3-70b-vs-wizardlm-70b) |
| [DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B](https://noometry.com/models/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b) | #252 | 32.7 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b-vs-wizardlm-70b) |
| [Qwen1.5-14B](https://noometry.com/models/qwen1-5-14b) | #253 | 32.7 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/qwen1-5-14b-vs-wizardlm-70b) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Wizardlm 70b Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1081 | #277 of 294, top 95% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Reasoning

Wizardlm 70b Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1079 | #272 of 297, top 92% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Math

Wizardlm 70b Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1116 | #262 of 285, top 92% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Multilingual

Wizardlm 70b Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1078 | #265 of 297, top 90% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1052 | #267 of 285, top 94% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1083 | #214 of 231, top 93% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1155 | #250 of 283, top 89% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Instruction Following

Wizardlm 70b Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1093 | #268 of 298, top 90% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Long Context

Wizardlm 70b Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1097 | #268 of 291, top 93% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Writing & Preference

Wizardlm 70b Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1120 | #267 of 297, top 90% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1149 | #251 of 295, top 86% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1108 | #264 of 295, top 90% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

## Compare Wizardlm 70b

-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Gemma 2 2b IT](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-2b-it-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct](https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-medium-4k-instruct-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Granite 3.1 2b Instruct](https://noometry.com/compare/granite-3-1-2b-instruct-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B](https://noometry.com/compare/tulu-3-70b-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B](https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Claude Fable 5.1](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Kimi K3](https://noometry.com/compare/kimi-k3-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Grok 4.6](https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-6-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Qwen3.8 Max](https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-8-max-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs GLM-5.3](https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-3-vs-wizardlm-70b)
-   [Wizardlm 70b vs Muse Spark 1.3](https://noometry.com/compare/muse-spark-1-3-vs-wizardlm-70b)

## Other Microsoft models

-   [Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-medium-4k-instruct)33.0
-   [Wizardlm 13b](https://noometry.com/models/wizardlm-13b)31.4
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-june)31.3
-   [Phi-4](https://noometry.com/models/phi-4)31.2
-   [Phi-4 Mini](https://noometry.com/models/phi-4-mini)30.9
-   [Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct)29.7
-   [phi-3-medium 14B](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-medium-14b)29.7
-   [Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-small-8k-instruct)29.3

## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Wizardlm 70b?

Wizardlm 70b by Microsoft ranks 249th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 33.0. Its strongest category is math, where it ranks 218th.

### Is Wizardlm 70b open source?

Yes. Wizardlm 70b's weights are downloadable; check the license for commercial terms.

### What are Wizardlm 70b's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Wizardlm 70b places best in math, reasoning, coding and lowest in instruction following, multilingual, long context.

### What is Wizardlm 70b best at?

Its best category is math, where it ranks 218th on Noometry.

### Cite this page

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