Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 63.8 to 34.1.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.051.5
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.30
Output $ / M tokens—$7.80
Results tracked1729

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Coding11301471
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1482

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
Vending-Bench 2—4,254

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts11271457
SimpleBench—63%
NYT Connections (extended)—74.1%
Chess Puzzles—20%
Mystery Game Puzzles—19%
DTBench—87.2%
LMCA—42.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—149.24

Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Math11731465
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—23.1%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—4.2%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Expert11081478
GPQA Diamond—87.4%
SimpleQA Verified—52%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English10941437
LMArena Chinese11081487
LMArena French11101449
LMArena Russian11451445
LMArena Spanish10951454
LMArena German1101—
LMArena Japanese1042—
LMArena Korean954—

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following11131438

Long Context Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query11201457

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Max Preview
LMArena Text11381447
LMArena Creative Writing11071435
LMArena Multi-Turn10881456

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.

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