Model comparison
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen3-4B
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 33.4 to 29.7.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.0 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1130 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 35.7% |
Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1127 | — |
Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 52.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1173 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1108 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1094 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1108 | — |
| LMArena French | 1110 | — |
| LMArena German | 1101 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1042 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 954 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1095 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1113 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1120 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1107 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1088 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than Qwen3-4B?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen3-4B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.