# Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct

> Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct-vs-qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct
- 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 0 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct leads 58.2 to 27.3.

## Snapshot

| | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 42.5 |
| Rank | 303 | 100 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | — | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.9 (#101)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1040 | 1441 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 30.1 (#79)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |

## Math

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 36.3 (#118)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1089 | 1440 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |

## Knowledge

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.3 (#102)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 984 | 1416 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |

## Multilingual

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.3 (#88)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1016 | 1461 |
| LMArena French | 1038 | 1415 |
| LMArena German | 1006 | 1416 |
| LMArena Japanese | 899 | 1398 |
| LMArena Korean | 856 | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | 1004 | 1403 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1058 | 1436 |

## Instruction Following

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 71.0 (#154)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | 1388 |
| IFEval | — | 81% |

## Long Context

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#218)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.2 (#116)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1050 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 989 | 1415 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |

## FAQ

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.