Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.9

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 48.9 to 26.8.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3.7 Flash specifications
Phi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.739.9
Released2024-04-232026-07-15
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.03
Output $ / M tokens—$0.13
Results tracked197

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
BigCodeBench Instruct29.6%—
LMArena Coding1039—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)—43.8%
Chess Puzzles—23%
LMArena Hard Prompts1028—
Mystery Game Puzzles—15%
Epoch Capabilities Index—144.64

Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—19.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.7%
LMArena Math1089—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond—82.3%
LMArena Expert984—

Multilingual Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1000—
LMArena Chinese1016—
LMArena French1039—
LMArena German1006—
LMArena Japanese899—
LMArena Korean856—
LMArena Russian1004—
LMArena Spanish1059—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1023—

Long Context Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query996—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1050—
LMArena Creative Writing1024—
LMArena Multi-Turn989—

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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