# Phi-3.5-mini vs Qwen3 8B

> Qwen3 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#237); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-5-mini-vs-qwen3-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.4 | 33.3 |
| Rank | — | 237 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.18 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.70 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi-3.5-mini: 34.0 (#231)
- Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 32.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 38.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |

## Reasoning

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
| PIQA | 81% | — |

## Math

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| GSM8K | 86.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| BoolQ | 78% | — |

## Long Context

- Phi-3.5-mini: —
- Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Phi-3.5-mini better than Qwen3 8B?

Qwen3 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#237); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Phi-3.5-mini or Qwen3 8B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (34.0 vs 33.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Phi-3.5-mini and Qwen3 8B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-3.5-mini has 5 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.