Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 vs Qwen3.6 27B

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.6 27B Alibaba (Qwen)

41.9

Rank #112 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 52.4 to 28.1.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 and Qwen3.6 27B specifications
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Qwen3.6 27B
ProviderMicrosoftAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index30.741.9
Released—2026-04-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.60
Output $ / M tokens—$3.60
Results tracked1511

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.6 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275), Qwen3.6 27B: 38.5 (#162)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Qwen3.6 27B
SciCode—37.3%
LMArena Coding1093—

Reasoning Qwen3.6 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229), Qwen3.6 27B: 24.4 (#148)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Qwen3.6 27B
CritPt—0.9%
Chess Puzzles—22%
LMArena Hard Prompts1088—
Mystery Game Puzzles—7%
DTBench—78.1%
LMCA—34.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—146.47

Math Qwen3.6 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209), Qwen3.6 27B: 47.5 (#56)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Qwen3.6 27B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—35.1%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—91.1%
LMArena Math1152—

Knowledge Qwen3.6 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#58)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Qwen3.6 27B
GPQA Diamond—85.9%
LMArena Expert1051—

Multilingual Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Non-English1013—
LMArena Chinese1033—
LMArena German1031—
LMArena Japanese954—
LMArena Korean880—
LMArena Russian1019—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Instruction Following1058—

Long Context Not comparable

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272), Qwen3.6 27B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Longer Query1042—

Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 27B leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#180)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Qwen3.6 27B
LMArena Text1080—
LMArena Creative Writing1045—
EQ-Bench 4—1026
LMArena Multi-Turn1049—

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 and Qwen3.6 27B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.

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