Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct vs Qwen3.7 Max

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Small 8k 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 math, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 62.4 to 27.6.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.351.5
Released2024-04-232026-05-19
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2.50
Output $ / M tokens—$7.50
Results tracked3233

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318), Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Coding11011498
SWE-bench Verified—77.3%
LMArena WebDev—1515
SciCode—48.8%
LiveBench Coding20.3%—
ALE-Bench—1,189

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —, Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
GBAEval—0.4%

Reasoning Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323), Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Hard Prompts11001483
SimpleBench—70.4%
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—13.4%
Chess Puzzles—19%
EBR-Bench—9.5%
LiveBench Reasoning15.9%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—32%
DTBench—92.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis30.3%—
LMCA—44%
Adversarial NLI58.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard79.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—153.68
HellaSwag77%—
LiveBench24%—
WinoGrande81.5%—

Math Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248), Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Math11511490
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—64.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—34.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—95.6%
ProofBench—26%
LiveBench Math17.6%—

Knowledge Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240), Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Expert10671488
GPQA Diamond—90.9%
SimpleQA Verified—55.8%
ARC (AI2) Challenge90.7%—
MMLU75.7%—
OpenBookQA88%—
TriviaQA58.1%—

Multilingual Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272), Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Non-English10581474
LMArena Chinese10611530
LMArena Russian11111484
LMArena French1135—
LMArena German1080—
LMArena Japanese966—
LMArena Korean894—
LMArena Spanish1111—

Instruction Following Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292), Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Instruction Following10871460
LiveBench Instruction Following47.2%—

Long Context Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267), Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Longer Query10881482

Writing & Preference Qwen3.7 Max leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284), Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructQwen3.7 Max
LMArena Text11101476
LMArena Creative Writing10831449
LMArena Multi-Turn10681481
EQ-Bench 4—1110
LiveBench Language12.9%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.7 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.

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