Model comparison
Phi-3.5-mini vs Qwen3-4B
Qwen3-4B has enough public results to be ranked (#264); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Side by side
| Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.9 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2024-08-16 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 5 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: 34.6 (#232), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 32.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 38.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 35.7% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: —, Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| PIQA | 81% | — |
Math Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: —, Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 52.2% |
| GSM8K | 86.2% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: —, Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.7% |
| BoolQ | 78% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi-3.5-mini better than Qwen3-4B?
Qwen3-4B has enough public results to be ranked (#264); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Phi-3.5-mini and Qwen3-4B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-3.5-mini has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.