Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Wizardlm 70b

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic

60.5

Rank #10 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

32.4

Rank #245 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads 88.7 to 29.7.
  • Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Claude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
ProviderAnthropicMicrosoft
Noometry Index60.532.4
Released2026-09-28—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked1612

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 65.5 (#6), Wizardlm 70b: 30.9 (#280)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
FrontierCode52.1%—
CursorBench55.5%—
LMArena WebDev1699—
FrontierSWE61.9%—
SciCode61%—
LMArena Coding—1081
ALE-Bench1,819—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 44.9 (#14), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
APEX-Agents75.5%—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 52.4 (#29), Wizardlm 70b: 19.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
CritPt31.4%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1079
Mystery Game Puzzles65%—

Math Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 88.7 (#4), Wizardlm 70b: 29.7 (#216)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)88.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 480.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench100%—
LMArena Math—1116

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 66.0 (#11), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond95.6%—
SimpleQA Verified46.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: 53.2 (#5), Wizardlm 70b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
Furniture Assembly75%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Wizardlm 70b: 29.8 (#260)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English—1078
LMArena Chinese—1052
LMArena German—1083
LMArena Russian—1155

Instruction Following Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Wizardlm 70b: 56.5 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following—1093

Long Context Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#258)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query—1097

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5.5: —, Wizardlm 70b: 34.9 (#264)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5.5Wizardlm 70b
LMArena Text—1120
LMArena Creative Writing—1149
LMArena Multi-Turn—1108

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 better than Wizardlm 70b?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 65.5 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Wizardlm 70b share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5.5 has 16 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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