Model comparison

Qwen3.8 Max vs Wizardlm 13b

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Wizardlm 13b Microsoft

31.4

Rank #274 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen3.8 Max scores higher in 7 categories and Wizardlm 13b in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 30.2.
  • Wizardlm 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.8 Max and Wizardlm 13b specifications
Qwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)Microsoft
Noometry Index56.831.4
Released2026-08-02—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked3910

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29), Wizardlm 13b: 30.1 (#298)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Coding15021035
DeepSWE57.5%—
LMArena WebDev1674—
FrontierSWE17.8%—
SciCode53.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14), Wizardlm 13b: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
APEX-Agents63.3%—
τ²-bench Banking55.1%—
GDP.pdf23.2%—

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26), Wizardlm 13b: 19.4 (#259)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Hard Prompts14961018
NYT Connections (extended)88.3%—
CritPt20%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles38%—
DTBench92%—
LMCA46.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.41—

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20), Wizardlm 13b: 30.2 (#238)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Math14991017
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 446.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27), Wizardlm 13b: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
GPQA Diamond92.7%—
SimpleQA Verified47.3%—
LMArena Expert1507—

Multimodal Not comparable

Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75), Wizardlm 13b: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Vision1314—
Furniture Assembly20%—

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18), Wizardlm 13b: 27.1 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Non-English14721034
LMArena Chinese15381023
LMArena French1503—
LMArena German1483—
LMArena Japanese1467—
LMArena Korean1461—
LMArena Russian1481—
LMArena Spanish1492—

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17), Wizardlm 13b: 53.5 (#285)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Instruction Following14791048

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31), Wizardlm 13b: 32.0 (#273)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Longer Query14891054

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30), Wizardlm 13b: 30.5 (#287)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.8 MaxWizardlm 13b
LMArena Text14831077
LMArena Creative Writing14791091
LMArena Multi-Turn14891047

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.8 Max better than Wizardlm 13b?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Qwen3.8 Max or Wizardlm 13b better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.8 Max and Wizardlm 13b share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3.8 Max has 39 scored results on Noometry and Wizardlm 13b has 10.

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