Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 56.8 to 29.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Gemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index37.031.3
Released2025-06-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3315

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding13731093
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench325.9—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard36.9%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts13771087
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.5%—
DTBench62.8%—
LMCA18.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.94—

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math13731152
Omni-MATH48%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert13731051
MMLU-Pro53.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.3%—
GPQA (HELM)30.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1198—
VPCT30%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English13691013
LMArena Chinese14041033
LMArena German13891031
LMArena Japanese1359954
LMArena Korean1360880
LMArena Russian13731019
LMArena French1388—
LMArena Spanish1396—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following13671058
IFEval81%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query13731042
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LitePhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text13791080
LMArena Creative Writing13671045
LMArena Multi-Turn13661049
WildBench81.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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