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Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google

37.8

Rank #194 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k 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 31.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 58.1% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 17.6% for Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index37.829.3
Released2025-02-052024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked3232

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Coding47.1%20.3%
LMArena Coding13221101

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Reasoning50.1%15.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts13241100
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%30.3%
LiveBench54.3%24%
DTBench52.5%—
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
ForecastBench57.1—
HellaSwag—77%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Math58.1%17.6%
LMArena Math13091151
Omni-MATH37.4%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert13051067
MMLU-Pro72%—
GPQA (HELM)50%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Vision1100—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13231058
LMArena Chinese13391061
LMArena French13471135
LMArena German13061080
LMArena Japanese1301966
LMArena Korean1325894
LMArena Russian13281111
LMArena Spanish13131111

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following78.3%47.2%
LMArena Instruction Following13051087
IFEval82.4%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13201088

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash-LitePhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text13301110
LMArena Creative Writing13191083
LMArena Multi-Turn13071068
LiveBench Language34.3%12.9%
WildBench79%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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