Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 64.3 to 34.1.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.045.3
Released—2026-06-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$1.60
Results tracked1732

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Coding11301473
FrontierCode—10.2%
SciCode—45.5%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
OSWorld 2.0—2.8%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts11271460
NYT Connections (extended)—74.8%
CritPt—9.1%
Chess Puzzles—24%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84%
LMCA—37.6%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.37

Math Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Math11731466
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Expert11081467
GPQA Diamond—87.9%

Multimodal Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Vision—1279
LMArena Document—1444

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Non-English10941445
LMArena Chinese11081510
LMArena French11101473
LMArena German11011471
LMArena Japanese10421413
LMArena Korean9541415
LMArena Russian11451457
LMArena Spanish10951457

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following11131440

Long Context Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Longer Query11201455

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.7 Plus
LMArena Text11381455
LMArena Creative Writing11071439
LMArena Multi-Turn10881460

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.

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