# Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Yi-Large

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

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct-vs-yi-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Yi-Large in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Yi-Large leads 36.7 to 28.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 29.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and 37.7% for Yi-Large.
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 305 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
- Yi-Large: 36.7 (#203)

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | 37.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | 47.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1039 | — |

## Reasoning

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | — |

## Math

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1089 | — |

## Knowledge

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 984 | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.3% |

## Multilingual

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | — |

## Long Context

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
- Yi-Large: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Yi-Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
- Yi-Large: —

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

## FAQ

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Yi-Large?

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

### Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Yi-Large better for coding?

Yi-Large scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.7 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Yi-Large share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Large has 3.