Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 30.4 to 13.3.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index29.730.7
Released2024-10-03—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2115

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding12181093

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts12101088
DTBench50%—

Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math12071152
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert11851051
GPQA Diamond33%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English12151013
LMArena Chinese12311033
LMArena German12061031
LMArena Japanese1150954
LMArena Korean1140880
LMArena Russian12361019
LMArena French1233—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following11991058

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query12191042

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text12261080
LMArena Creative Writing12181045
LMArena Multi-Turn11851049

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.9 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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