Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs QwQ-32B

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

QwQ-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

39.8

Rank #159 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k 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 27.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 29.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and 44.6% for QwQ-32B.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and QwQ-32B specifications
Phi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwQ-32B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.739.8
Released2024-04-232024-11-28
WeightsOpenOpen
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Category by category

Coding QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwQ-32B
BigCodeBench Instruct29.6%44.6%
LMArena Coding10391333
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%54.4%
Aider Polyglot—20.9%
LiveBench Coding—72.2%

Reasoning QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts10281325
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 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Math10891359
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—59.2%
LiveBench Math—77.8%

Knowledge QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Expert9841324
GPQA Diamond—65.3%
Confabulations—15.6%

Multilingual QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Non-English10001305
LMArena Chinese10161378
LMArena French10391336
LMArena German10061313
LMArena Japanese8991262
LMArena Korean8561279
LMArena Russian10041297
LMArena Spanish10591354

Instruction Following QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Instruction Following10231297
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.8%

Long Context QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Longer Query9961308
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference QwQ-32B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwQ-32B
LMArena Text10501329
LMArena Creative Writing10241288
LMArena Multi-Turn9891314
Short-Story Creative Writing—80.2%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1257
LiveBench Language—51.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and QwQ-32B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.

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