Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.8 27B

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

46.0

Rank #68 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 27B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.8 27B leads 65.8 to 34.1.

Side by side

Phi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.046.0
Released—2026-08-14
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.99
Output $ / M tokens—$1.49
Results tracked1731

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 27B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Coding11301482
LMArena WebDev—1593
SciCode—46.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
APEX-Agents—47.5%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 27B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts11271460
ARC-AGI-2—42.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—54.5%
ARC-AGI-1—87.5%
CritPt—5.4%
DTBench—88%
LMCA—41.4%
Surface Evolver Bench—45%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.38

Math Qwen3.8 27B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Math11731456
ProofBench—16%

Knowledge Qwen3.8 27B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Expert11081482

Multimodal Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Vision—1271

Multilingual Qwen3.8 27B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Non-English10941430
LMArena Chinese11081504
LMArena French11101465
LMArena German11011438
LMArena Japanese10421384
LMArena Korean9541393
LMArena Russian11451415
LMArena Spanish10951448

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 27B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Instruction Following11131439

Long Context Qwen3.8 27B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Longer Query11201450

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 27B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 27B
LMArena Text11381441
LMArena Creative Writing11071384
LMArena Multi-Turn10881441
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1671

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct or Qwen3.8 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.8 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen3.8 27B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 31.

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