Model comparison

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct vs Qwen1.5-7B

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.4

Rank #273 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 20.4 to 14.8.

Side by side

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and Qwen1.5-7B specifications
Phi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen1.5-7B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.331.4
Released2024-04-232024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3213

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Category by category

Coding Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Coding11011107
LiveBench Coding20.3%—

Reasoning Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts11001065
LiveBench Reasoning15.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis30.3%—
Adversarial NLI58.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard79.1%—
HellaSwag77%—
LiveBench24%—
WinoGrande81.5%—

Math Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Math11511080
LiveBench Math17.6%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Expert10671055
MMLU75.7%62.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge90.7%—
OpenBookQA88%—
TriviaQA58.1%—

Multilingual Too close to call

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Non-English10581058
LMArena Chinese10611141
LMArena Russian11111006
LMArena French1135—
LMArena German1080—
LMArena Japanese966—
LMArena Korean894—
LMArena Spanish1111—

Instruction Following Qwen1.5-7B leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Instruction Following10871058
LiveBench Instruction Following47.2%—

Long Context Too close to call

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Longer Query10881090

Writing & Preference Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen1.5-7B
LMArena Text11101083
LMArena Creative Writing10831035
LMArena Multi-Turn10681062
LiveBench Language12.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.2 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and Qwen1.5-7B share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.

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