Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Wizardlm 70b

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 20.7.
  • Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 Flash and Wizardlm 70b specifications
Gemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index61.833.0
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5012

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding15101081
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts15081079
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math15281116
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1524—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Wizardlm 70b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English14911078
LMArena Chinese15541052
LMArena German14931083
LMArena Russian15151155
LMArena French1498—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following14901093

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query15081097

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text14991120
LMArena Creative Writing14921149
LMArena Multi-Turn15011108
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Wizardlm 70b?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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