Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 Mini was developed by Microsoft as a small language model designed to deliver impressive performance despite its compact size. Built with efficiency in mind, it demonstrates that capable language understanding and generation can be achieved with fewer parameters, making AI more accessible for edge and resource-constrained deployments.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next 80B Base was introduced as an experimental base model with 80 billion total parameters and 3 billion active parameters. Built to explore advanced mixture-of-experts architectures, it provides a foundation for fine-tuning and research into efficient large-scale model design.
1 year newer

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Azure

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base