Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen1.5-7B

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen1.5-7B in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 32.2 to 28.8.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Phi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen1.5-7B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.731.4
Released2024-04-232024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1913

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding10391107
BigCodeBench Instruct29.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts10281065

Math Too close to call

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math10891080

Knowledge Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert9841055
MMLU—62.6%

Multilingual Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English10001058
LMArena Chinese10161141
LMArena Russian10041006
LMArena French1039—
LMArena German1006—
LMArena Japanese899—
LMArena Korean856—
LMArena Spanish1059—

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following10231058

Long Context Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query9961090

Writing & Preference Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text10501083
LMArena Creative Writing10241035
LMArena Multi-Turn9891062

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.2 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen1.5-7B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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