Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k 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 51.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 71% for Gemini 2.0 Pro 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 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2025-02-05 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 63.5% | 20.3% |
| Aider Polyglot | 35.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1101 |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 60.1% | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 68% | 30.3% |
| LiveBench | 65.1% | 24% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1100 |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.06 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 71% | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1151 |
| MATH Level 5 | 83.5% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 65.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 18.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena French | — | 1135 |
| LMArena German | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 83.4% | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1087 |
Long Context Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 41.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads
Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | 44.9% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Text | — | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1068 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.