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Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 51.7 to 34.1.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index37.833.0
Released2025-02-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Max output——
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Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3217

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding13221130
LiveBench Coding47.1%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13241127
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math13091173
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert13051108
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13231094
LMArena Chinese13391108
LMArena French13471110
LMArena German13061101
LMArena Japanese13011042
LMArena Korean1325954
LMArena Russian13281145
LMArena Spanish13131095

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13051113
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13201120

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13301138
LMArena Creative Writing13191107
LMArena Multi-Turn13071088
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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