# Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct vs QwQ-32B

> QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-small-8k-instruct-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 24

## Summary

- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and QwQ-32B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where QwQ-32B leads 72.6 to 51.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Reasoning: 15.9% for Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and 83.5% for QwQ-32B.

## Snapshot

| | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 39.8 |
| Rank | 314 | 159 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
- QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 20.3% | 72.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1101 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |

## Reasoning

- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
- QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.9% | 83.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1100 | 1325 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 30.3% | 65% |
| LiveBench | 24% | 72% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| Adversarial NLI | 58.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 79.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| HellaSwag | 77% | — |
| WinoGrande | 81.5% | — |

## Math

- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
- QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 17.6% | 77.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1151 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |

## Knowledge

- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1067 | 1324 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 90.7% | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 88% | — |
| TriviaQA | 58.1% | — |

## Multilingual

- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
- QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1058 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1061 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1135 | 1336 |
| LMArena German | 1080 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 966 | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | 894 | 1279 |
| LMArena Russian | 1111 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1111 | 1354 |

## Instruction Following

- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
- QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 47.2% | 81.8% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1087 | 1297 |

## Long Context

- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1088 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
- QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1110 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1083 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1068 | 1314 |
| LiveBench Language | 12.9% | 51.4% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |

## FAQ

### Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct or QwQ-32B better for coding?

QwQ-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and QwQ-32B share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.