Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3.5 122B-A10B

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.6 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.1

Rank #303 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.6

Rank #120 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads 60.2 to 27.3.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.141.6
Released2024-04-232026-02-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$3.20
Results tracked1927

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.8 (#155)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Coding10401436
LMArena WebDev—1360
SciCode—35.6%
BigCodeBench Instruct29.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Reasoning Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 26.4 (#121)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Hard Prompts10281421
NYT Connections (extended)—51.7%
CritPt—0.9%
Thematic Generalization—51.2%
Mystery Game Puzzles—17%
DTBench—84.3%
LMCA—32.2%

Math Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 36.4 (#114)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Math10891432

Knowledge Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 38.2 (#138)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Expert9841431
Vectara Hallucination Rate—11.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 39.0 (#52)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Vision—1245

Multilingual Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 51.8 (#101)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Non-English10001400
LMArena Chinese10161462
LMArena French10381442
LMArena German10061425
LMArena Japanese8991364
LMArena Korean8561353
LMArena Russian10041400
LMArena Spanish10581423

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 74.0 (#109)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Instruction Following10231399

Long Context Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 43.0 (#105)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Longer Query9961410

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 122B-A10B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296), Qwen3.5 122B-A10B: 60.2 (#98)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 122B-A10B
LMArena Text10501417
LMArena Creative Writing10241369
LMArena Multi-Turn9891416

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3.5 122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.6 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen3.5 122B-A10B better for coding?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.8 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 122B-A10B has 27.

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