Model comparison

Claude Sonnet 5 vs Wizardlm 13b

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic

54.6

Rank #29 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

31.4

Rank #274 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 13b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Sonnet 5 leads 69.2 to 30.5.
  • Wizardlm 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Sonnet 5 and Wizardlm 13b specifications
Claude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
ProviderAnthropicMicrosoft
Noometry Index54.631.4
Released2026-06-29—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked5110

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Category by category

Coding Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.5 (#26), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding14831035
DeepSWE53.8%—
FrontierCode42.7%—
CursorBench34.1%—
LMArena WebDev1541—
SciCode54.3%—
GSO37.3%—
WeirdML68.8%—
ALE-Bench1,463—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.8 (#18), Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
APEX-Agents54.5%—
GBAEval65.3%—
LMArena Search1194—
Vending-Bench 26,378—

Reasoning Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 49.1 (#39), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts14611018
SimpleBench60.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)75.1%—
CritPt16.9%—
Chess Puzzles35%—
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
DTBench92.5%—
LMCA50%—
Surface Evolver Bench60%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.21—
ForecastBench61.1—

Math Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 66.2 (#27), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Math14671017
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)65.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 429.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.7%—
ProofBench77%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 55.6 (#47), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond90.5%—
SimpleQA Verified33.7%—
LMArena Expert1490—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Sonnet 5: 42.4 (#31), Wizardlm 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Vision1274—
Blueprint-Bench 224.9%—
LMArena Document1466—

Multilingual Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 53.8 (#55), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English14311034
LMArena Chinese14771023
LMArena French1460—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1411—
LMArena Russian1451—
LMArena Spanish1437—

Instruction Following Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 76.3 (#41), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following14521048

Long Context Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 44.8 (#55), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query14631054

Writing & Preference Claude Sonnet 5 leads

Claude Sonnet 5: 69.2 (#25), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Sonnet 5Wizardlm 13b
LMArena Text14421077
LMArena Creative Writing14161091
LMArena Multi-Turn14541047
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1794—
EQ-Bench 41236—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Sonnet 5 better than Wizardlm 13b?

Claude Sonnet 5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.6 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Sonnet 5 or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Sonnet 5 and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Sonnet 5 has 51 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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