WizardLM-2 8x22B

WizardLM-2 8x22B, Microsoft AI's advanced Wizard model, demonstrates highly competitive performance. It consistently ranks among the fastest models and offers among the most competitive pricing, making it an economically attractive option. The model also exhibits exceptional reliability, with a 97th percentile ranking, indicating minimal technical failures and consistent evaluable responses. Across benchmarks, WizardLM-2 shows a mixed performance profile. It excels in Ethics and General Knowledge, achieving 98.0% and 95.5% accuracy respectively, placing it in the 43rd and 48th percentiles for these categories. Email Classification is another strong suit with 95.0% accuracy. However, the model struggles significantly with Instruction Following, scoring 0.0% accuracy, and shows notable weaknesses in Coding (62.0% accuracy, 30th percentile) and Reasoning (43.1% accuracy, 29th percentile). While its speed and cost efficiency are standout strengths, the model's performance in complex logical and programming tasks, as well as its complete failure in instruction following, represent key areas for improvement.