# Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3-1.7B

> Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct-vs-qwen3-1-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 29.2 to 15.4.

## Snapshot

| | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 26.2 |
| Rank | 303 | 331 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1040 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |

## Reasoning

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | — |

## Math

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1089 | — |

## Knowledge

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| LMArena Expert | 984 | — |

## Multilingual

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1016 | — |
| LMArena French | 1038 | — |
| LMArena German | 1006 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 899 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 856 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1004 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1058 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | — |

## Long Context

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1050 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 989 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.