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Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct vs Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Has reasoning mode
Price Advantage
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
Context Window
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.10$0.08 Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.10$0.30 Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.08 Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct is 26% cheaper overall.

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct Providers

No provider data available

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct Wins
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Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
26.3--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
30.4--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
9.1--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
37.1--
Both models show comparable benchmark performance.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
128,000
tokens
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
32,768
tokens
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct has a 74% larger context window.

Speed Performance

Speed benchmarks not available for these models

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeaturePhi-3 Mini 128K InstructQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructQwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMicrosoftQwen
ReleasedUnknownAug 2025

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 has cheaper input pricing at $0.08/M tokens. Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507's score of N/A.
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct has a 128,000 token context window, while Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 has a 32,768 token context window.
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct does not support vision. Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507 does not support vision.