Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Microsoft: Phi-3 Medium (free)

DEPRECATED

OpenRouter

This model is no longer active/free — kept for reference.

Intelligence Score 65/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 128k

Pricing Model Free / Open

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Hetzner Inference API

Intelligence Score 65/100

Context Window 262K

Pricing Model Free / Open

Model Popularity 0 votes

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FINAL VERDICT

Equal intelligence scores (65/100), but Qwen3.6 35B A3B offers a significantly larger context window.

Close Match: The difference is minimal. Consider other factors like pricing and features.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Microsoft: Phi-3 Medium (free)	Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Context Window	128k	262K
Architecture	Transformer	Transformer (Open Weight)
Est. MMLU Score	~60-64%	~60-64%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Free Tier
Rate Limit (RPM)	20 requests/minute	10 requests, 4M input / 100K output tokens per 60s (per API key)
Daily Limit	50 requests/day (up to 1000 with $10 topup)	No daily cap published (free while the API is experimental)
Capabilities	No specific data	Vision Reasoning
Performance Tier	C-Tier (Good)	C-Tier (Good)
Speed Estimate	Medium	Medium
Primary Use Case	General Purpose	General Purpose
Model Size	Undisclosed	35B
Limitations	Limits depend on account history/topup Community key models Free models have lower priority during peak demand	Experimental — no SLA, could be discontinued or paywalled at any time Only one model currently offered No official uptime/support guarantees
Key Strengths	Unified API for 100+ models from all providers OpenAI-compatible endpoint (drop-in replacement) Automatic model fallback and routing	OpenAI-compatible endpoint — swap base_url + key EU data residency MoE model with 262K context and image input