Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen1.5-7B

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 34.1 to 29.6.

Side by side

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Phi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen1.5-7B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.031.4
Released—2024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1713

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding11301107

Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts11271065

Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math11731080

Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert11081055
MMLU—62.6%

Multilingual Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English10941058
LMArena Chinese11081141
LMArena Russian11451006
LMArena French1110—
LMArena German1101—
LMArena Japanese1042—
LMArena Korean954—
LMArena Spanish1095—

Instruction Following Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following11131058

Long Context Too close to call

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query11201090

Writing & Preference Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text11381083
LMArena Creative Writing11071035
LMArena Multi-Turn10881062

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.9 vs 32.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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