Model comparison

Qwen3.5-9B vs Wizardlm 13b

Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.5-9B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.3

Rank #235 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

30.8

Rank #272 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 33.5 to 27.8.

Side by side

Qwen3.5-9B and Wizardlm 13b specifications
Qwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index33.330.8
Released2026-02-23—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.15—
Results tracked1010

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5-9B leads

Qwen3.5-9B: 35.3 (#213), Wizardlm 13b: 29.6 (#293)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
SciCode27.5%—
LMArena Coding—1035

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: 14.4 (#143), Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
Terminal-Bench9.2%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads

Qwen3.5-9B: 22.5 (#178), Wizardlm 13b: 18.5 (#265)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
CritPt0.3%—
Chess Puzzles12%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1018
DTBench71.2%—
LMCA24.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index139.45—

Math Qwen3.5-9B leads

Qwen3.5-9B: 33.5 (#174), Wizardlm 13b: 27.8 (#235)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions48.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202561.7%—
LMArena Math—1017

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#77), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond79%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: —, Wizardlm 13b: 27.3 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English—1034
LMArena Chinese—1023

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: —, Wizardlm 13b: 53.7 (#280)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following—1049

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: —, Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#268)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query—1054

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.5-9B: —, Wizardlm 13b: 30.7 (#282)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.5-9BWizardlm 13b
LMArena Text—1077
LMArena Creative Writing—1090
LMArena Multi-Turn—1047

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.5-9B better than Wizardlm 13b?

Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.5-9B or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

Qwen3.5-9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.3 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.5-9B and Wizardlm 13b share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.5-9B has 10 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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