Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Phi-4

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 33 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) Google

35.1

Rank #228 Confirmed

Phi-4 Microsoft

31.2

Rank #279 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 33 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 6 categories and Phi-4 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 37.9 to 20.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 57.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 13.8% for Phi-4.
  • Phi-4 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Phi-4 specifications
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index35.131.2
Released2024-12-062024-12-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—4K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.07
Output $ / M tokens—$0.14
Results tracked5437

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Category by category

Coding Phi-4 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.4 (#315), Phi-4: 34.4 (#239)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
BigCodeBench Instruct45.9%45.5%
LiveBench Coding63.4%30.7%
LMArena Coding13501231
BigCodeBench Complete59.9%55.4%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)13.5%—
Aider Polyglot38.2%—
WeirdML25.8%—
CadEval30%—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.1 (#92), Phi-4: 22.8 (#128)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.8%
TheAgentCompany11.4%—
BALROG—11.6%

Reasoning Phi-4 leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#318), Phi-4: 17.7 (#291)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
LiveBench Reasoning78.2%47.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts13461220
LiveBench Data Analysis69.4%45.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.36130.42
LiveBench66.9%41.6%
ARC-AGI-21.3%—
SimpleBench31.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
Chess Puzzles—1%
EnigmaEval1.1%—
DTBench63.2%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 37.9 (#146), Phi-4: 20.8 (#285)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202557.8%13.8%
LiveBench Math75.8%42%
LMArena Math13521246
MATH Level 582.2%64.9%
Omni-MATH45.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#213), Phi-4: 32.6 (#209)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
GPQA Diamond64.1%56.1%
Confabulations12.4%29.4%
LMArena Expert13391203
MMLU79.7%84.8%
Humanity's Last Exam6.6%—
MMLU-Pro73.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—3.7%
GPQA (HELM)55.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.5 (#79), Phi-4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
LMArena Vision1158—
GeoBench77%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.4 (#149), Phi-4: 37.2 (#237)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
LMArena Non-English13421197
LMArena Chinese13731212
LMArena French13911224
LMArena German13531222
LMArena Japanese12941158
LMArena Korean13131151
LMArena Russian13511209
LMArena Spanish13631234

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.4 (#97), Phi-4: 60.4 (#251)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
LiveBench Instruction Following85.8%58.4%
LMArena Instruction Following13361201
IFEval84.1%—

Long Context Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#203), Phi-4: 36.9 (#226)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
LMArena Longer Query13441217
Fiction.LiveBench61.1%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.5 (#190), Phi-4: 40.5 (#244)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025)Phi-4
LMArena Text13541217
LMArena Creative Writing13401182
Short-Story Creative Writing73.8%62.6%
LMArena Multi-Turn13501206
LiveBench Language51.3%25.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1128—
WildBench80%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Phi-4?

Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.1 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Phi-4 better for coding?

Phi-4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 28.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Phi-4 share?

33 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.

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