Model comparison
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 58.2 to 27.3.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.9 (#101)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1040 | 1441 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 30.1 (#79)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
Math Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 36.3 (#118)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1089 | 1440 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
Knowledge Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.3 (#102)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 984 | 1416 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
Multilingual Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.3 (#88)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1016 | 1461 |
| LMArena French | 1038 | 1415 |
| LMArena German | 1006 | 1416 |
| LMArena Japanese | 899 | 1398 |
| LMArena Korean | 856 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 1004 | 1403 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1058 | 1436 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 71.0 (#154)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | 1388 |
| IFEval | — | 81% |
Long Context Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#218)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.2 (#116)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1050 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 989 | 1415 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.