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Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 51.7 to 27.1.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index37.829.7
Released2025-02-052024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked3219

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Coding13221039
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
LiveBench Coding47.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13241028
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%—
DTBench52.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
ForecastBench57.1—
LiveBench54.3%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math13091089
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert1305984
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13231000
LMArena Chinese13391016
LMArena French13471039
LMArena German13061006
LMArena Japanese1301899
LMArena Korean1325856
LMArena Russian13281004
LMArena Spanish13131059

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13051023
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%—
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1320996

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text13301050
LMArena Creative Writing13191024
LMArena Multi-Turn1307989
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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