# Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

> Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#303); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct-vs-qwen2-5-14b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen2.5 14B Instruct leads 37.1 to 28.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 40.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and 52.2% for Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 38.2 |
| Rank | 303 | — |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.35 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.40 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: 37.1 (#187)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | 39.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | 52.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1040 | — |

## Reasoning

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | — |

## Math

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1089 | — |

## Knowledge

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 984 | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.9% |

## Multilingual

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1016 | — |
| LMArena French | 1038 | — |
| LMArena German | 1006 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 899 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 856 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1004 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1058 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | — |

## Long Context

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1050 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 989 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#303); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.1 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 3.