Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Phi-4 Mini
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi-4 Mini leads 25.3 to 16.0.
- Phi-4 Mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |
Reasoning Phi-4 Mini leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | — |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | — |
Knowledge Phi-4 Mini leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | — |
| LMArena French | 1234 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Phi-4 Mini?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Phi-4 Mini share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.