# Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3 235B-A22B

> Qwen3 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3 235B-A22B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3 235B-A22B leads 59.8 to 27.3.

## Snapshot

| | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 43.2 |
| Rank | 303 | 83 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.70 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.80 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B: 43.8 (#72)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1040 | 1445 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 59.6% |
| SciCode | — | 42.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 41% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
- Qwen3 235B-A22B: 33.7 (#48)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 52.1% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | -11.34 |

## Reasoning

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B: 15.8 (#302)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | 1433 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 1.3% |
| SimpleBench | — | 31% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 69.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 11% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 9% |
| DTBench | — | 80.3% |
| LMCA | — | 29.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 143.87 |
| ForecastBench | — | 59.7 |

## Math

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B: 48.5 (#51)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1089 | 1431 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 71.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 68.9% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 8.5% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |

## Knowledge

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B: 49.5 (#67)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 984 | 1460 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 80.1% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 40.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 84.4% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 72.7% |

## Multilingual

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1410 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1016 | 1481 |
| LMArena French | 1038 | 1445 |
| LMArena German | 1006 | 1432 |
| LMArena Japanese | 899 | 1400 |
| LMArena Korean | 856 | 1391 |
| LMArena Russian | 1004 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1058 | 1429 |

## Instruction Following

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B: 72.8 (#132)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | 1408 |
| IFEval | — | 83.5% |

## Long Context

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B: 46.1 (#25)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | 1426 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 75% |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)
- Qwen3 235B-A22B: 59.8 (#103)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1050 | 1419 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1384 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 989 | 1432 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 83% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1366 |
| WildBench | — | 86.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3 235B-A22B?

Qwen3 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen3 235B-A22B better for coding?

Qwen3 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.8 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3 235B-A22B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 235B-A22B has 49.