Model comparison
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 vs Qwen3 32B
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 32B in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 32B leads 53.1 to 29.7.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.7 | 38.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 32B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275), Qwen3 32B: 37.3 (#184)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1093 | 1358 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 40% |
| SciCode | — | 35.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —, Qwen3 32B: 32.3 (#58)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 48.7% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229), Qwen3 32B: 19.6 (#233)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1088 | 1335 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 54.9% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 67.5% |
| LMCA | — | 17.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 138.51 |
Math Qwen3 32B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209), Qwen3 32B: 37.9 (#89)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1399 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 66.9% |
Knowledge Qwen3 32B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240), Qwen3 32B: 40.0 (#112)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1051 | 1362 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.9% |
Multilingual Qwen3 32B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277), Qwen3 32B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1013 | 1317 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1033 | 1357 |
| LMArena German | 1031 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1019 | 1311 |
| LMArena Japanese | 954 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 880 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen3 32B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277), Qwen3 32B: 69.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1058 | 1305 |
Long Context Qwen3 32B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272), Qwen3 32B: 43.7 (#83)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1042 | 1327 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 74.2% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 32B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289), Qwen3 32B: 53.1 (#158)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | 1340 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1045 | 1297 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1049 | 1331 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better than Qwen3 32B?
Qwen3 32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 or Qwen3 32B better for coding?
Qwen3 32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.3 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 and Qwen3 32B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 32B has 26.