Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs Phi-3.5-mini
Claude 2.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#345); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Phi-3.5-mini leads 34.6 to 26.2.
- Phi-3.5-mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | Phi-3.5-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 36.9 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2024-08-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi-3.5-mini leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), Phi-3.5-mini: 34.6 (#232)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.5% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
| PIQA | — | 81% |
Math Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 86.2% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), Phi-3.5-mini: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| BoolQ | — | 78% |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than Phi-3.5-mini?
Claude 2.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#345); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Claude 2.1 or Phi-3.5-mini better for coding?
Phi-3.5-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Phi-3.5-mini share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Phi-3.5-mini has 5.