Model comparison
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3 14B
Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 14B leads 39.3 to 26.8.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 35.5 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 12 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 14B leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312), Qwen3 14B: 37.3 (#195)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 31.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1039 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —, Qwen3 14B: 29.6 (#83)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41% |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256), Qwen3 14B: 18.5 (#280)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | — |
| DTBench | — | 64% |
| LMCA | — | 18.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.23 |
Math Qwen3 14B leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222), Qwen3 14B: 38.6 (#133)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 66.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1089 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 14B leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254), Qwen3 14B: 39.3 (#134)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 63.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 984 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1016 | — |
| LMArena French | 1039 | — |
| LMArena German | 1006 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 899 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 856 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1004 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1059 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | — |
Long Context Qwen3 14B leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289), Qwen3 14B: 38.1 (#204)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301), Qwen3 14B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1050 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 989 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3 14B?
Qwen3 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen3 14B better for coding?
Qwen3 14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.3 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3 14B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 14B has 12.