Model comparison

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Flash

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

39.9

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Flash leads 48.9 to 29.1.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and Qwen3.7 Flash specifications
Phi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.339.9
Released2024-04-232026-07-15
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.03
Output $ / M tokens—$0.13
Results tracked327

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LiveBench Coding20.3%—
LMArena Coding1101—

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323), Qwen3.7 Flash: 28.2 (#108)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
NYT Connections (extended)—43.8%
Chess Puzzles—23%
LiveBench Reasoning15.9%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1100—
Mystery Game Puzzles—15%
LiveBench Data Analysis30.3%—
Adversarial NLI58.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard79.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—144.64
HellaSwag77%—
LiveBench24%—
WinoGrande81.5%—

Math Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248), Qwen3.7 Flash: 38.3 (#140)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—19.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—86.7%
LiveBench Math17.6%—
LMArena Math1151—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Flash leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240), Qwen3.7 Flash: 48.9 (#75)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
GPQA Diamond—82.3%
LMArena Expert1067—
ARC (AI2) Challenge90.7%—
MMLU75.7%—
OpenBookQA88%—
TriviaQA58.1%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English1058—
LMArena Chinese1061—
LMArena French1135—
LMArena German1080—
LMArena Japanese966—
LMArena Korean894—
LMArena Russian1111—
LMArena Spanish1111—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LiveBench Instruction Following47.2%—
LMArena Instruction Following1087—

Long Context Not comparable

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query1088—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284), Qwen3.7 Flash: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Flash
LMArena Text1110—
LMArena Creative Writing1083—
LMArena Multi-Turn1068—
LiveBench Language12.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better than Qwen3.7 Flash?

Qwen3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and Qwen3.7 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Flash has 7.

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