Phi-3.5-mini-instruct vs Qwen3.6 Max
Microsoft vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.6 Max has the higher intelligence index (88.8 vs 46)
- •Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is cheaper ($0.10 vs $1.04 per 1M input)
- •Qwen3.6 Max is faster
- •Qwen3.6 Max has a larger context window (262K)
| Phi-3.5-mini-instruct | Qwen3.6 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 46 | 88.8 |
| Developer | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | LLM | LLM |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.10 / 1M | $1.04 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.10 / 1M | $6.24 / 1M |
| Speed | 23 tok/s | 36 tok/s |
| Released | August 23, 2024 | April 27, 2026 |
| Parameters | 3800000000 | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Qwen3.6 Max
GPQA Diamond
30.4
88.8