Model comparison

GPT-5.6 Terra vs Wizardlm 70b

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.6 Terra OpenAI

59.2

Rank #17 Confirmed

Wizardlm 70b Microsoft

33.0

Rank #249 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 70b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.6 Terra leads 81.6 to 32.2.
  • Wizardlm 70b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.6 Terra and Wizardlm 70b specifications
GPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index59.233.0
Released2026-07-09—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked5212

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 57.7 (#19), Wizardlm 70b: 31.4 (#285)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
LMArena Coding14841081
DeepSWE69.6%—
FrontierCode41.3%—
CursorBench41.3%—
LMArena WebDev1522—
SciCode55%—
WeirdML78.3%—
ALE-Bench1,951—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Terra: 40.1 (#25), Wizardlm 70b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
APEX-Agents58.2%—
BALROG53.2%—
GDP.pdf24.7%—
Vending-Bench 27,343—

Reasoning GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 60.7 (#21), Wizardlm 70b: 20.7 (#234)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
LMArena Hard Prompts14681079
ARC-AGI-283.9%—
SimpleBench48.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark51.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)78.4%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30%—
Chess Puzzles54%—
Mystery Game Puzzles35%—
DTBench93.3%—
LMCA55%—
Surface Evolver Bench83.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index159.62—

Math GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 81.6 (#12), Wizardlm 70b: 32.2 (#218)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
LMArena Math14661116
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)86%—
FrontierMath Tier 470.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.7%—
ProofBench74%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Terra: 61.2 (#30), Wizardlm 70b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
SimpleQA Verified43.2%—
LMArena Expert1492—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.6 Terra: 47.3 (#11), Wizardlm 70b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
LMArena Vision1271—
Blueprint-Bench 230.8%—
Furniture Assembly54.2%—
LMArena Document1472—

Multilingual GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 54.4 (#44), Wizardlm 70b: 29.6 (#265)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
LMArena Non-English14391078
LMArena Chinese15131052
LMArena German14601083
LMArena Russian14501155
LMArena French1471—
LMArena Japanese1457—
LMArena Korean1425—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 76.4 (#40), Wizardlm 70b: 56.3 (#273)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
LMArena Instruction Following14541093

Long Context GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 44.4 (#68), Wizardlm 70b: 33.3 (#263)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
LMArena Longer Query14511097

Writing & Preference GPT-5.6 Terra leads

GPT-5.6 Terra: 70.2 (#23), Wizardlm 70b: 34.8 (#269)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.6 TerraWizardlm 70b
LMArena Text14471120
LMArena Creative Writing14101149
LMArena Multi-Turn14491108
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1855—
EQ-Bench 41234—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.6 Terra better than Wizardlm 70b?

GPT-5.6 Terra is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.2 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.6 Terra or Wizardlm 70b better for coding?

GPT-5.6 Terra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 57.7 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Terra and Wizardlm 70b share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Terra has 52 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 70b has 12.

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