Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where QwQ-32B leads 50.6 to 34.1.

Side by side

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and QwQ-32B specifications
Phi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwQ-32B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.039.8
Released—2024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1736

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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Coding11301333
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
BigCodeBench Instruct—44.6%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%
BigCodeBench Complete—54.4%

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts11271325
Chess Puzzles—5%
LiveBench Reasoning—83.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65%
Epoch Capabilities Index—137.6
ForecastBench—58.3
LiveBench—72%

Math QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Math11731359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Expert11081324
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English10941305
LMArena Chinese11081378
LMArena French11101336
LMArena German11011313
LMArena Japanese10421262
LMArena Korean9541279
LMArena Russian11451297
LMArena Spanish10951354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following11131297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query11201308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Text11381329
LMArena Creative Writing11071288
LMArena Multi-Turn10881314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and QwQ-32B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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