Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.4 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

32.4

Rank #246 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.4

Rank #35 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 61.7 to 29.6.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index32.451.4
Released—2026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked1733

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.2 (#43)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Coding11301498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
LMArena WebDev—1515
SciCode—48.8%
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 21.8 (#129)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214), Qwen3.7 Max: 48.4 (#36)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts11271483
SimpleBench—70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—13.4%
Chess Puzzles—19%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—92.3%
LMCA—44%
Epoch Capabilities Index—153.74

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.3 (#26)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Math11731488
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—26%

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.7 (#24)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Expert11081488
GPQA Diamond—90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258), Qwen3.7 Max: 57.1 (#13)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English10941475
LMArena Chinese11081533
LMArena Russian11451482
LMArena French1109—
LMArena German1101—
LMArena Japanese1042—
LMArena Korean954—
LMArena Spanish1095—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.9 (#34)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following11141460

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#34)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query11201484

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.2 (#52)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text11381476
LMArena Creative Writing11061450
LMArena Multi-Turn10881482
EQ-Bench 4—1110

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.4 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.2 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

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

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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