Model comparison
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 vs Qwen3-30B-A3B
Qwen3-30B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-30B-A3B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-30B-A3B leads 55.9 to 29.7.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.7 | 38.5 |
| Released | — | 2025-04-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 41K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 37.0 (#188)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1093 | 1416 |
| SciCode | — | 33.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 29.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —, Qwen3-30B-A3B: 29.5 (#75)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 41.4% |
Reasoning Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 21.6 (#193)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1088 | 1398 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 8% |
| DTBench | — | 69.3% |
| LMCA | — | 22.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.63 |
Math Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 36.0 (#133)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1394 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 47.8% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 70.3% |
Knowledge Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 41.7 (#96)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1051 | 1395 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 70.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 12.3% |
Multilingual Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 49.8 (#126)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1013 | 1372 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1033 | 1434 |
| LMArena German | 1031 | 1379 |
| LMArena Japanese | 954 | 1338 |
| LMArena Korean | 880 | 1333 |
| LMArena Russian | 1019 | 1369 |
| LMArena French | — | 1419 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1403 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 72.2 (#137)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1058 | 1364 |
Long Context Too close to call
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 31.0 (#278)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1042 | 1379 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 40.6% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-30B-A3B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289), Qwen3-30B-A3B: 55.9 (#138)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3-30B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | 1384 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1045 | 1318 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1049 | 1378 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 75.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better than Qwen3-30B-A3B?
Qwen3-30B-A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 or Qwen3-30B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen3-30B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 and Qwen3-30B-A3B share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-30B-A3B has 32.