Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.9

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 48.9 to 30.2.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen3.7 Flash specifications
Phi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.039.9
Released—2026-07-15
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.03
Output $ / M tokens—$0.13
Results tracked177

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Coding1130—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)—43.8%
Chess Puzzles—23%
LMArena Hard Prompts1127—
Mystery Game Puzzles—15%
Epoch Capabilities Index—144.64

Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—19.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.7%
LMArena Math1173—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond—82.3%
LMArena Expert1108—

Multilingual Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1094—
LMArena Chinese1108—
LMArena French1110—
LMArena German1101—
LMArena Japanese1042—
LMArena Korean954—
LMArena Russian1145—
LMArena Spanish1095—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1113—

Long Context Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1120—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1138—
LMArena Creative Writing1107—
LMArena Multi-Turn1088—

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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