Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3.5 27B

Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 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 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.4

Rank #127 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 27B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 27B leads 59.5 to 27.3.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.141.4
Released2024-04-232026-02-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$2.40
Results tracked1928

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.5 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307), Qwen3.5 27B: 38.6 (#159)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Coding10401427
LMArena WebDev—1357
WeirdML—39.5%
BigCodeBench Instruct29.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—
ALE-Bench—349.45

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 27B: —

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
Vending-Bench 2—201.98

Reasoning Qwen3.5 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254), Qwen3.5 27B: 26.6 (#116)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts10281414
NYT Connections (extended)—47.9%
Thematic Generalization—45.5%
DTBench—82.4%
LMCA—34%

Math Qwen3.5 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220), Qwen3.5 27B: 36.8 (#103)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Math10891428
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—56.7%

Knowledge Qwen3.5 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251), Qwen3.5 27B: 37.4 (#149)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Expert9841428
Vectara Hallucination Rate—12.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —, Qwen3.5 27B: 38.7 (#56)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Vision—1240

Multilingual Qwen3.5 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280), Qwen3.5 27B: 51.0 (#112)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Non-English10001390
LMArena Chinese10161478
LMArena French10381409
LMArena German10061393
LMArena Japanese8991345
LMArena Korean8561359
LMArena Russian10041389
LMArena Spanish10581408

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289), Qwen3.5 27B: 73.7 (#114)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Instruction Following10231393

Long Context Qwen3.5 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284), Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#103)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Longer Query9961413

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296), Qwen3.5 27B: 59.5 (#106)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.5 27B
LMArena Text10501409
LMArena Creative Writing10241362
LMArena Multi-Turn9891410

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3.5 27B?

Qwen3.5 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen3.5 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.5 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3.5 27B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.

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