# Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen1.5-72B

> Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct-vs-qwen1-5-72b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen1.5-72B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 26.3 to 11.5.

## Snapshot

| | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 30.3 |
| Rank | 303 | 282 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 31.4 (#272)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | 33.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1040 | 1166 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |

## Reasoning

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 21.2 (#201)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | 1148 |

## Math

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 30.7 (#205)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1089 | 1164 |

## Knowledge

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#295)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 984 | 1136 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 28.8% |

## Multilingual

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 33.4 (#248)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1016 | 1186 |
| LMArena French | 1038 | 1158 |
| LMArena German | 1006 | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | 899 | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | 856 | 1049 |
| LMArena Russian | 1004 | 1104 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1058 | 1110 |

## Instruction Following

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 59.6 (#251)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | 1142 |

## Long Context

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 35.0 (#238)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | 1157 |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)
- Qwen1.5-72B: 37.4 (#253)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1050 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 989 | 1160 |

## FAQ

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen1.5-72B?

Qwen1.5-72B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-72B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.4 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen1.5-72B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.