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Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Flash Alibaba (Qwen)

38.8

Rank #182 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 42.1 to 26.8.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Flash
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.738.8
Released2024-04-232026-04-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.19
Output $ / M tokens—$1.13
Results tracked1913

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Flash
BigCodeBench Instruct29.6%—
LMArena Coding1039—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—
ALE-Bench—326.4

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Flash
SimpleBench—35.2%
Chess Puzzles—20%
LMArena Hard Prompts1028—
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—77.1%
LMCA—31%
Epoch Capabilities Index—143.26

Math Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Flash
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—22.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—84.4%
LMArena Math1089—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—10.3%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—0%

Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Flash
GPQA Diamond—83.3%
SimpleQA Verified—15.9%
LMArena Expert984—

Multilingual Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Non-English1000—
LMArena Chinese1016—
LMArena French1039—
LMArena German1006—
LMArena Japanese899—
LMArena Korean856—
LMArena Russian1004—
LMArena Spanish1059—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following1023—

Long Context Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Longer Query996—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301), Qwen3.6 Flash: —

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Flash
LMArena Text1050—
LMArena Creative Writing1024—
LMArena Multi-Turn989—

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3.6 Flash share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.

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