Model comparison
phi-3-medium 14B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
phi-3-medium 14B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 30.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. phi-3-medium 14B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads 24.9 to 9.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 17.6% for phi-3-medium 14B and 56.1% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
Side by side
| phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 30.1 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 36.8 (#201), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.6% | 45% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 48.7% | 52.3% |
Reasoning Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 121.23 | 128.52 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Adversarial NLI | 55.8% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 81.4% | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 81.5% | — |
Math phi-3-medium 14B leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 27.3 (#250), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 17.6% | 56.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
Knowledge Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 9.1 (#306), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.6% | 46.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 91.6% | — |
| MMLU | 78% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 87.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is phi-3-medium 14B better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
phi-3-medium 14B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 30.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is phi-3-medium 14B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 36.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do phi-3-medium 14B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. phi-3-medium 14B has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.