Model comparison
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5-9B in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 46.0 to 28.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 0% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct and 12% for Qwen3.5-9B.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 27.9 | 33.8 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5-9B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323), Qwen3.5-9B: 35.9 (#217)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | 15.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1093 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 59.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.5-9B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328), Qwen3.5-9B: 23.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 12% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 26.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1072 | — |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34.7% | — |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| Adversarial NLI | 52.8% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 71.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 139.46 |
| HellaSwag | 76.7% | — |
| LiveBench | 22.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 70.8% | — |
Math Qwen3.5-9B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257), Qwen3.5-9B: 34.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 15.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1111 | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5-9B leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246), Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#84)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 79% |
| LMArena Expert | 1045 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 84.9% | — |
| MMLU | 68.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 88% | — |
| TriviaQA | 64% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1021 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1021 | — |
| LMArena French | 1076 | — |
| LMArena German | 1044 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 935 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 905 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1022 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1085 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 39.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1053 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1044 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300), Qwen3.5-9B: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1073 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1037 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1018 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 9.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct or Qwen3.5-9B better for coding?
Qwen3.5-9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct and Qwen3.5-9B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.