Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k 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 27.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 58.1% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 15.7% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 27.9 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 35 |
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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 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | 15.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1093 |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | 26.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1072 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | 34.7% |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | 22.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | 15.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1111 |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1045 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1021 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | 1076 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1044 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | 935 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 905 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1022 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1085 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | 39.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1053 |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1044 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1018 |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | 9.2% |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.