Model comparison
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 49.6 to 33.4.
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.0 | 42.9 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1130 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1127 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.78 |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1173 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1108 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1094 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1108 | — |
| LMArena French | 1110 | — |
| LMArena German | 1101 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1042 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 954 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1095 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1113 | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1120 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1107 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1088 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.