# Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen1.5-32B

> Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-medium-4k-instruct-vs-qwen1-5-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 5 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 30.2 to 13.5.

## Snapshot

| | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.0 | 30.5 |
| Rank | 250 | 293 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)
- Qwen1.5-32B: 31.7 (#282)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1130 | 1155 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 42% |

## Reasoning

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)
- Qwen1.5-32B: 21.8 (#212)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1127 | 1130 |

## Math

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)
- Qwen1.5-32B: 33.0 (#207)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1173 | 1155 |

## Knowledge

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)
- Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#296)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1108 | 1126 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 30.7% |
| MMLU | — | 74.4% |

## Multilingual

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)
- Qwen1.5-32B: 31.4 (#259)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1094 | 1106 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1108 | 1177 |
| LMArena French | 1110 | 1101 |
| LMArena German | 1101 | 1058 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1042 | 1027 |
| LMArena Korean | 954 | 1008 |
| LMArena Russian | 1145 | 1073 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1095 | 1089 |

## Instruction Following

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)
- Qwen1.5-32B: 57.7 (#265)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1113 | 1116 |

## Long Context

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)
- Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#246)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1120 | 1146 |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)
- Qwen1.5-32B: 34.2 (#271)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen1.5-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1138 | 1137 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1107 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1088 | 1140 |

## FAQ

### Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than Qwen1.5-32B?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen1.5-32B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.