Model comparison
phi-3-medium 14B vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 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 Flash in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.2 to 9.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 27.6% for phi-3-medium 14B and 83.3% for Qwen3.6 Flash.
- phi-3-medium 14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 38.4 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: 36.3 (#198), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 48.7% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
Reasoning Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Qwen3.6 Flash: 28.4 (#90)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 121.18 | 143.26 |
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
| Adversarial NLI | 55.8% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 81.4% | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 81.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 25.2 (#249), Qwen3.6 Flash: 38.0 (#88)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | 17.6% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 9.1 (#301), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.2 (#90)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.6% | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 91.6% | — |
| MMLU | 78% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 87.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is phi-3-medium 14B better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do phi-3-medium 14B and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. phi-3-medium 14B has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.