# Phi-3.5-mini vs Qwen3-1.7B

> Qwen3-1.7B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-5-mini-vs-qwen3-1-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.4 | 26.2 |
| Rank | — | 331 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi-3.5-mini: 34.0 (#231)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 32.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 38.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |

## Reasoning

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| PIQA | 81% | — |

## Math

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| GSM8K | 86.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |
| BoolQ | 78% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Phi-3.5-mini better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Qwen3-1.7B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Phi-3.5-mini and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-3.5-mini has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.