Model comparison

Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet Anthropic

34.4

Rank #225 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads 53.0 to 29.7.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Claude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderAnthropicMicrosoft
Noometry Index34.430.7
Released2024-06-20—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked6015

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Category by category

Coding Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.5 (#145), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding13431093
Aider Polyglot51.6%—
GSO4.6%—
WeirdML40%—
BigCodeBench Instruct46.8%—
LiveBench Coding67.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete58.6%—
CadEval48%—
HumanEval+81.7%—
MBPP+74.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 32.1 (#61), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
TheAgentCompany24%—
Cybench17.5%—
BALROG32.6%—
METR Time Horizons45.2%—

Reasoning Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 22.5 (#176), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts13051088
SimpleBench41.4%—
EnigmaEval0.9%—
LiveBench Reasoning56.7%—
DTBench67.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis55%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.55—
ForecastBench60.7—
LiveBench59%—

Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 18.0 (#282), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math13061152
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20258.5%—
Omni-MATH27.6%—
LiveBench Math52.3%—
MATH Level 556.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)2.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 28.5 (#236), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert12641051
GPQA Diamond55.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam4.1%—
MMLU-Pro77.7%—
Confabulations19.9%—
GPQA (HELM)56.5%—
MMLU87.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 26.0 (#115), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1125—
Video-MME60%—
GeoBench62%—
VPCT33%—

Multilingual Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 43.4 (#180), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English12831013
LMArena Chinese12711033
LMArena German12971031
LMArena Japanese1234954
LMArena Korean1200880
LMArena Russian13051019
LMArena French1304—
LMArena Spanish1289—

Instruction Following Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 69.0 (#177), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following12971058
LiveBench Instruction Following69.3%—
IFEval85.5%—

Long Context Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 39.9 (#162), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query13111042

Writing & Preference Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads

Claude 3.5 Sonnet: 53.0 (#159), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3.5 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text12981080
LMArena Creative Writing12921045
LMArena Multi-Turn13261049
Short-Story Creative Writing80.3%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1451—
WildBench79.2%—
LiveBench Language53.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.4 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude 3.5 Sonnet or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Claude 3.5 Sonnet scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3.5 Sonnet has 60 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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