Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 48.7 to 31.1.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 42 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | 1101 |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| DTBench | 53.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1151 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1067 |
| MMLU | 77.9% | 75.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1258 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1262 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | 1111 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1068 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.