Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen2-72B

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

32.4

Rank #246 Confirmed

Qwen2-72B Alibaba (Qwen)

29.5

Rank #294 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen2-72B in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 29.6 to 21.2.

Side by side

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen2-72B specifications
Phi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.429.5
Released—2024-06-07
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1726

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Category by category

Coding Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263), Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Coding11301196
WeirdML—11.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct—38.5%
BigCodeBench Complete—54%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
TheAgentCompany—1.1%
METR Time Horizons—29.9%

Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214), Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Hard Prompts11271191
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.27

Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202), Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Math11731235
MATH Level 5—39.1%

Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226), Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Expert11081171
GPQA Diamond—40.8%
MMLU—82.4%

Multilingual Qwen2-72B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258), Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Non-English10941176
LMArena Chinese11081240
LMArena French11091169
LMArena German11011151
LMArena Japanese10421111
LMArena Korean9541083
LMArena Russian11451169
LMArena Spanish10951168

Instruction Following Qwen2-72B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263), Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Instruction Following11141181

Long Context Qwen2-72B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250), Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Longer Query11201193

Writing & Preference Qwen2-72B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267), Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen2-72B
LMArena Text11381203
LMArena Creative Writing11061181
LMArena Multi-Turn10881195

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than Qwen2-72B?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen2-72B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.

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