Model comparison
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3-1.7B
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 31.6 to 16.3.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 26.6 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1039 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1089 | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 984 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1016 | — |
| LMArena French | 1039 | — |
| LMArena German | 1006 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 899 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 856 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1004 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1059 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1050 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 989 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3-1.7B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.