# Phi-3.5-MoE vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

> Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#305); Phi-3.5-MoE does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-5-moe-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Phi-3.5-MoE | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | — | 29.7 |
| Rank | — | 305 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi-3.5-MoE: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-MoE | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |

## Reasoning

- Phi-3.5-MoE: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-MoE | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1028 |
| PIQA | 88.6% | — |

## Math

- Phi-3.5-MoE: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-MoE | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1089 |
| GSM8K | 88.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Phi-3.5-MoE: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-MoE | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 984 |
| BoolQ | 84.6% | — |

## Multilingual

- Phi-3.5-MoE: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-MoE | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1016 |
| LMArena French | — | 1039 |
| LMArena German | — | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1059 |

## Instruction Following

- Phi-3.5-MoE: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-MoE | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1023 |

## Long Context

- Phi-3.5-MoE: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-MoE | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 996 |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi-3.5-MoE: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-MoE | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 989 |

## FAQ

### Is Phi-3.5-MoE better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#305); Phi-3.5-MoE does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Phi-3.5-MoE and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-3.5-MoE has 3 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.