Let's look at this:
Raw power at level 20.
Wizard 3 / Archivist 1 / Mystic Theurge 10 / Wizard + 6
Now, you can be either:
Wizard 20
or
Wizard 19 / Archivist 11
The latter is better.
without EE:
Wizard 17 / Archivist 13
That is better than most wizard 20 builds, just due to the added versatility combos.