Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 65.0 to 27.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 0% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct and 19% for Qwen3.7 Max.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct and Qwen3.7 Max specifications
Phi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index27.951.5
Released2024-04-232026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked3533

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Coding10931498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
LMArena WebDev—1515
SciCode—48.8%
LiveBench Coding15.5%—
ALE-Bench—1,189
HumanEval+59.1%—
MBPP+54.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
Chess Puzzles0%19%
LMArena Hard Prompts10721483
SimpleBench—70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—13.4%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
LiveBench Reasoning26.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—92.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis34.7%—
LMCA—44%
Adversarial NLI52.8%—
BIG-Bench Hard71.7%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—153.68
HellaSwag76.7%—
LiveBench22.4%—
WinoGrande70.8%—

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Math11111490
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—26%
LiveBench Math15.7%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Expert10451488
GPQA Diamond—90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%
ARC (AI2) Challenge84.9%—
MMLU68.8%—
OpenBookQA88%—
TriviaQA64%—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English10211474
LMArena Chinese10211530
LMArena Russian10221484
LMArena French1076—
LMArena German1044—
LMArena Japanese935—
LMArena Korean905—
LMArena Spanish1085—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following10531460
LiveBench Instruction Following39.1%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query10441482

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text10731476
LMArena Creative Writing10371449
LMArena Multi-Turn10181481
EQ-Bench 4—1110
LiveBench Language9.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct and Qwen3.7 Max share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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