Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct leads with 1.5% higher average benchmark score. Both models have similar pricing. Qwen3 235B A22B is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is a language model developed by Microsoft. The model shows competitive results across 31 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (86.2%), ARC-C (84.6%), RULER (84.1%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Microsoft's latest advancement in AI technology.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B A22B is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 76.2% across 23 benchmarks. It excels particularly in Arena Hard (95.6%), GSM8k (94.4%), BBH (88.9%). It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
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Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23
Qwen3 235B A22B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-04-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)
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Qwen3 235B A22B
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 45 common benchmarks
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Qwen3 235B A22B
Available providers and their performance metrics
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Azure
Qwen3 235B A22B
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Qwen3 235B A22B
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Qwen3 235B A22B
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