Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 74.4 to 51.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 59.9% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 40.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct.
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 35.1 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 54 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | 29.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1350 | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | 40.6% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | 1028 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| DTBench | 63.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1352 | 1089 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1339 | 984 |
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1391 | 1039 |
| LMArena German | 1353 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1294 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1313 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | 1059 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | 1023 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 996 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | 989 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (28.4 vs 28.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.