Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 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 29.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index37.831.3
Released2025-02-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3215

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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 June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding13221093
LiveBench Coding47.1%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts13241087
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 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math13091152
Omni-MATH37.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert13051051
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English13231013
LMArena Chinese13391033
LMArena German13061031
LMArena Japanese1301954
LMArena Korean1325880
LMArena Russian13281019
LMArena French1347—
LMArena Spanish1313—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following13051058
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 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query13201042

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text13301080
LMArena Creative Writing13191045
LMArena Multi-Turn13071049
WildBench79%—
LiveBench Language34.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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