Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-4.1 mini vs Wizardlm 70b

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 mini OpenAI

33.5

Rank #232 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

32.4

Rank #245 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 3 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where GPT-4.1 mini leads 73.9 to 56.5.
  • Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index33.532.4
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$1.60—
Results tracked4712

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

GPT-4.1 mini: 30.4 (#286), Wizardlm 70b: 30.9 (#280)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding13671081
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)23.9%—
Aider Polyglot32.4%—
SciCode40.4%—
WeirdML37.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.9%—
CadEval16%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 33.0 (#52), Wizardlm 70b: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard50.5%—

Reasoning Wizardlm 70b leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 10.9 (#335), Wizardlm 70b: 19.8 (#231)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts13491079
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark48.6%—
ARC-AGI-13.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
Mystery Game Puzzles7%—
DTBench68.8%—
LMCA21.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.01—

Math Wizardlm 70b leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 23.1 (#264), Wizardlm 70b: 29.7 (#216)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math13431116
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202544.7%—
Omni-MATH49.1%—
MATH Level 587.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.5%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#183), Wizardlm 70b: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond65.8%—
SimpleQA Verified12.7%—
MMLU-Pro78.3%—
GPQA (HELM)61.4%—
LMArena Expert1338—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1 mini: 35.2 (#77), Wizardlm 70b: —

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Vision1181—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 45.9 (#161), Wizardlm 70b: 29.8 (#260)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English13181078
LMArena Chinese13291052
LMArena German13491083
LMArena Russian13241155
LMArena French1357—
LMArena Japanese1291—
LMArena Korean1298—
LMArena Spanish1319—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 73.9 (#113), Wizardlm 70b: 56.5 (#268)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following13321093
IFEval90.4%—

Long Context Wizardlm 70b leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#270), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#258)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query13441097
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 mini leads

GPT-4.1 mini: 48.8 (#193), Wizardlm 70b: 34.9 (#264)

BenchmarkGPT-4.1 miniWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text13411120
LMArena Creative Writing13001149
LMArena Multi-Turn13541108
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1147—
WildBench83.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Wizardlm 70b?

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 mini or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (30.4 vs 30.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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