Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 75.5 to 47.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 71% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 15.7% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index39.127.9
Released2025-02-052024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked1435

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Coding63.5%15.5%
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LMArena Coding—1093
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%26.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%34.7%
LiveBench65.1%22.4%
Chess Puzzles—0%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1072
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06—
HellaSwag—76.7%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Math71%15.7%
LMArena Math—1111
MATH Level 583.5%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
GPQA Diamond65.7%—
Confabulations18.4%—
LMArena Expert—1045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1021
LMArena Chinese—1021
LMArena French—1076
LMArena German—1044
LMArena Japanese—935
LMArena Korean—905
LMArena Russian—1022
LMArena Spanish—1085

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%39.1%
LMArena Instruction Following—1053

Long Context Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
LMArena Longer Query—1044

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Language44.9%9.2%
LMArena Text—1073
LMArena Creative Writing—1037
LMArena Multi-Turn—1018

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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