# Phi-3.5-mini vs Qwen2.5-VL-32B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Phi-3.5-mini and Qwen2.5-VL-32B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/phi-3-5-mini-vs-qwen2-5-vl-32b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Phi-3.5-mini and Qwen2.5-VL-32B share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Phi-3.5-mini has the larger published context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen2.5-VL-32B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 32K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 4 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-VL-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen2.5-VL-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 62.8% | 91.5% | Qwen2.5-VL-32B |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-VL-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen2.5-VL-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | 69% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-VL-32B public-lane score: 18.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen2.5-VL-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 49.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-VL-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen2.5-VL-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 69% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 47.4% | 68.8% | Qwen2.5-VL-32B |
| GPQA | 30.4% | 46% | Qwen2.5-VL-32B |
| MMMLU | 55.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-VL-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen2.5-VL-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | 47.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-VL-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-3.5-mini | Qwen2.5-VL-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GSM8K | 86.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Phi-3.5-mini and Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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