Model comparison
phi-3-medium 14B vs Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. phi-3-medium 14B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 27B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 52.4 to 9.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 27.6% for phi-3-medium 14B and 85.9% for Qwen3.6 27B.
Side by side
| phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 41.9 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2026-04-22 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3.60 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 27B leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 36.3 (#198), Qwen3.6 27B: 38.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 37.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 48.7% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Qwen3.6 27B: 24.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 121.18 | 146.47 |
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
| DTBench | — | 78.1% |
| LMCA | — | 34.5% |
| Adversarial NLI | 55.8% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 81.4% | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 81.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 27B leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 25.2 (#249), Qwen3.6 27B: 47.5 (#56)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 35.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 17.6% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 9.1 (#301), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#58)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.6% | 85.9% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 91.6% | — |
| MMLU | 78% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 87.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 73.9% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#180)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1026 |
Frequently asked questions
Is phi-3-medium 14B better than Qwen3.6 27B?
Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is phi-3-medium 14B or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?
Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do phi-3-medium 14B and Qwen3.6 27B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. phi-3-medium 14B has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.