Noometry

Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Qwen3.6 Plus Alibaba (Qwen)

47.5

Rank #62 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k 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 27.1.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index29.747.5
Released2024-04-232026-03-31
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$3
Results tracked1937

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Coding10391467
SWE-bench Verified—57.9%
LMArena WebDev—1461
SciCode—40.7%
BigCodeBench Instruct29.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—
ALE-Bench—670.15

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
Vending-Bench 2—5,115

Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts10281449
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 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Math10891450
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 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Expert9841454
GPQA Diamond—88.4%
SimpleQA Verified—44.1%

Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Non-English10001424
LMArena Chinese10161477
LMArena French10391455
LMArena German10061452
LMArena Japanese8991389
LMArena Korean8561379
LMArena Russian10041434
LMArena Spanish10591432

Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Instruction Following10231425

Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Longer Query9961439
CL-bench—20.3%

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 128k InstructQwen3.6 Plus
LMArena Text10501437
LMArena Creative Writing10241404
LMArena Multi-Turn9891438

Frequently asked questions

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

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.

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