Model comparison
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct vs Step 3.7 Flash
Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
StepFunSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Step 3.7 Flash leads 42.9 to 27.6.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Step 3.7 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2026-05-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.11 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 3.7 Flash leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318), Step 3.7 Flash: 40.0 (#150)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 40% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1101 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 694.12 |
Reasoning Step 3.7 Flash leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323), Step 3.7 Flash: 21.6 (#219)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 39.7% |
| CritPt | — | 2.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.9% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1100 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 30.3% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | 58.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 79.1% | — |
| HellaSwag | 77% | — |
| LiveBench | 24% | — |
| WinoGrande | 81.5% | — |
Math Step 3.7 Flash leads
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248), Step 3.7 Flash: 42.9 (#82)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 68.5% |
| LiveBench Math | 17.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1151 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1067 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 90.7% | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 88% | — |
| TriviaQA | 58.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1058 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1061 | — |
| LMArena French | 1135 | — |
| LMArena German | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 966 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 894 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1111 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1111 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 47.2% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1087 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1088 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284), Step 3.7 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | Step 3.7 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1110 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1083 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1068 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 12.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better than Step 3.7 Flash?
Step 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct or Step 3.7 Flash better for coding?
Step 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.0 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and Step 3.7 Flash share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32 scored results on Noometry and Step 3.7 Flash has 5.