Model comparison
Phi-3.5-mini vs Qwen3 8B
Qwen3 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#237); 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 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.4 | 33.3 |
| Released | 2024-08-16 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 5 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Phi-3.5-mini: 34.0 (#231), Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 32.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 38.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: —, Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: —, Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
| PIQA | 81% | — |
Math Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: —, Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| GSM8K | 86.2% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: —, Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| BoolQ | 78% | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Phi-3.5-mini: —, Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi-3.5-mini better than Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#237); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Phi-3.5-mini or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.0 vs 33.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Phi-3.5-mini and Qwen3 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-3.5-mini has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.