Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 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 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 33.4.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.056.8
Released—2026-08-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked1739

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Coding11301502
DeepSWE—57.5%
LMArena WebDev—1674
FrontierSWE—17.8%
SciCode—53.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents—63.3%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts11271496
NYT Connections (extended)—88.3%
CritPt—20%
Chess Puzzles—40%
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
DTBench—92%
LMCA—46.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.41

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Math11731499
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—100%
ProofBench—58%

Knowledge Qwen3.8 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Expert11081507
GPQA Diamond—92.7%
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision—1314
Furniture Assembly—20%

Multilingual Qwen3.8 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English10941472
LMArena Chinese11081538
LMArena French11101503
LMArena German11011483
LMArena Japanese10421467
LMArena Korean9541461
LMArena Russian11451481
LMArena Spanish10951492

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following11131479

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query11201489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text11381483
LMArena Creative Writing11071479
LMArena Multi-Turn10881489

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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