WizardLM-2 70B

Closed weights Microsoft 70B parameters April 2024

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The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

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Origin

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Organisation
Microsoft
Organisation type
Industry
Country
United States of America
Published
15 April 2024

What it does

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Domain
Language
Task
Language modeling/generation, Question answering
Base model
Llama 2-70B

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters
70B

70b

Training data
tokens

Availability

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Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
Unreleased
Training code
Unreleased

The License of WizardLM-2 70B is Llama-2-Community. I haven't found a repository though

How it is classified

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Record confidence
Confident

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Where it came from

WizardLM-2 70B was published by Microsoft, in United States of America, in April 2024. The organisation is categorised as industry.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing language modeling/generation, Question answering.

It builds on Llama 2-70B, which is why it shares that model's general shape and size.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

Answers

WizardLM-2 70B — common questions

01

What is WizardLM-2 70B used for?

WizardLM-2 70B works in Language, and is recorded as handling language modeling/generation, Question answering. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.

02

What GPU do I need to run WizardLM-2 70B?

None. WizardLM-2 70B is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

03

Is WizardLM-2 70B open source?

No. WizardLM-2 70B has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

04

How many parameters does WizardLM-2 70B have?

WizardLM-2 70B has 70B parameters. 70b. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

05

Who created WizardLM-2 70B?

WizardLM-2 70B was published by Microsoft, based in United States of America, categorised as industry.

06

When was WizardLM-2 70B released?

WizardLM-2 70B was published in April 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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