Model comparison

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

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Claude 3 Sonnet Anthropic

29.0

Rank #319 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 33.0 to 10.7.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude 3 Sonnet and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Claude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderAnthropicMicrosoft
Noometry Index29.031.3
Released2024-02-29—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3015

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Category by category

Coding Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding12231093
WeirdML10.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct42.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete53.8%—
HumanEval+64%—
MBPP+69.3%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts11971087
DTBench53.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index120.7—
WinoGrande75.1%—

Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math12131152
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20252.5%—
MATH Level 518.2%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert11731051
GPQA Diamond40.6%—
MMLU75.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision984—

Multilingual Claude 3 Sonnet leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English12051013
LMArena Chinese11891033
LMArena German12041031
LMArena Japanese1131954
LMArena Korean1128880
LMArena Russian12271019
LMArena French1229—
LMArena Spanish1204—

Instruction Following Claude 3 Sonnet leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following11991058

Long Context Claude 3 Sonnet leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query12111042

Writing & Preference Claude 3 Sonnet leads

Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude 3 SonnetPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text12181080
LMArena Creative Writing11861045
LMArena Multi-Turn12271049

Frequently asked questions

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

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.8 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

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

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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