Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 62.2 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 Plus
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index33.047.5
Released—2026-03-31
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked1737

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Coding11301467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
LMArena WebDev—1461
SciCode—40.7%
ALE-Bench—670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts11271449
NYT Connections (extended)—60.3%
CritPt—2.9%
Chess Puzzles—17%
Thematic Generalization—59.5%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—81.9%
LMCA—33.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—147.65

Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Math11731450
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—38.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—93.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—26.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—8.3%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Expert11081454
GPQA Diamond—88.4%
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English10941424
LMArena Chinese11081477
LMArena French11101455
LMArena German11011452
LMArena Japanese10421389
LMArena Korean9541379
LMArena Russian11451434
LMArena Spanish10951432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following11131425

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query11201439
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Medium 4k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text11381437
LMArena Creative Writing11071404
LMArena Multi-Turn10881438

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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