Model comparison
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 vs Qwen3 8B
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 8B leads 36.1 to 28.6.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.3 | 33.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 8B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1093 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1087 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Qwen3 8B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1152 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 8B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1051 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1013 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1033 | — |
| LMArena German | 1031 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 954 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 880 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1019 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1058 | — |
Long Context Qwen3 8B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1042 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1080 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1045 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1049 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better than Qwen3 8B?
Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.7 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Qwen3 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 and Qwen3 8B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.