Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Phi-4 Mini
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
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- The widest gap is in coding, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 37.9 to 28.1.
- Phi-4 Mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | — |
| LMArena French | 1347 | — |
| LMArena German | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Phi-4 Mini?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Phi-4 Mini share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.