Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

45.3

Rank #71 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 31.1.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.345.3
Released2024-04-23—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3217

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding11011487
LiveBench Coding20.3%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts11001483
LiveBench Reasoning15.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis30.3%—
Adversarial NLI58.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard79.1%—
HellaSwag77%—
LiveBench24%—
WinoGrande81.5%—

Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math11511474
LiveBench Math17.6%—

Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert10671489
ARC (AI2) Challenge90.7%—
MMLU75.7%—
OpenBookQA88%—
TriviaQA58.1%—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English10581465
LMArena Chinese10611534
LMArena French11351484
LMArena German10801487
LMArena Japanese9661495
LMArena Korean8941438
LMArena Russian11111471
LMArena Spanish11111470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following10871467
LiveBench Instruction Following47.2%—

Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query10881476

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text11101470
LMArena Creative Writing10831464
LMArena Multi-Turn10681478
LiveBench Language12.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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