Model comparison
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 27.6.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 27.9 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1093 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| LiveBench Coding | 15.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
| HumanEval+ | 59.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1072 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 26.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34.7% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | 52.8% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 71.7% | — |
| HellaSwag | 76.7% | — |
| LiveBench | 22.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 70.8% | — |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1111 | 1365 |
| LiveBench Math | 15.7% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1045 | 1338 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 84.9% | — |
| MMLU | 68.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 88% | — |
| TriviaQA | 64% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1021 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1021 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1076 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1044 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 935 | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | 905 | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | 1022 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1085 | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1053 | 1355 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 39.1% | — |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1044 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1073 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1037 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1018 | 1365 |
| LiveBench Language | 9.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.