Model comparison
phi-3-medium 14B vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Side by side
| phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 13 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
phi-3-medium 14B: 36.8 (#201), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 48.7% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Adversarial NLI | 55.8% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 81.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 121.23 | — |
| HellaSwag | 82.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 81.5% | — |
Math Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: 27.3 (#250), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 17.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: 9.1 (#306), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.6% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 91.6% | — |
| MMLU | 78% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 87.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is phi-3-medium 14B better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is phi-3-medium 14B or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (36.8 vs 36.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do phi-3-medium 14B and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. phi-3-medium 14B has 13 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.