Model comparison
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct vs Qwen Max
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Max in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen Max leads 48.0 to 31.3.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 34.4 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Max leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.4 (#313), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1102 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.3% | — |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.2 (#319), Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1100 | 1270 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 30.3% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | 58.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 79.1% | — |
| HellaSwag | 77% | — |
| LiveBench | 24% | — |
| WinoGrande | 81.5% | — |
Math Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 25.4 (#247), Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1151 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| LiveBench Math | 17.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
Knowledge Qwen Max leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#237), Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1067 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 90.7% | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 88% | — |
| TriviaQA | 58.1% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Max leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.6 (#267), Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1058 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1061 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1134 | 1329 |
| LMArena German | 1080 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 966 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 894 | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | 1111 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1111 | 1290 |
Instruction Following Qwen Max leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 52.2 (#287), Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1087 | 1262 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 47.2% | — |
Long Context Qwen Max leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#262), Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1088 | 1289 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
Writing & Preference Qwen Max leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.3 (#279), Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1110 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1083 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1068 | 1277 |
| LiveBench Language | 12.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better than Qwen Max?
Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct or Qwen Max better for coding?
Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.3 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and Qwen Max share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.