Model comparison

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Google

39.0

Rank #162 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemini 2.5 Flash leads 52.5 to 26.0.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Gemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index39.030.7
Released2025-04-17—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked5415

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 35.5 (#210), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding14241093
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)28.7%—
Aider Polyglot55.1%—
WeirdML41.9%—
ALE-Bench661.88—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 30.6 (#67), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Terminal-Bench17.1%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.2%—
TheAgentCompany41.1%—
BALROG33.5%—
Vending-Bench 2548.84—

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 18.2 (#271), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts14221088
ARC-AGI-22.5%—
SimpleBench41.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark56.8%—
ARC-AGI-133.3%—
CritPt1.1%—
EnigmaEval2.7%—
DTBench76.5%—
LMCA27.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index143.04—
ForecastBench60.6—

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 38.1 (#87), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math14151152
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.1%—
Omni-MATH38.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)4.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 36.1 (#162), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert14261051
Humanity's Last Exam12.1%—
MMLU-Pro63.9%—
Confabulations16.8%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.8%—
GPQA (HELM)39%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 41.2 (#31), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1254—
GeoBench76%—
VPCT46.2%—
SpatialViz-Bench36.9%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 52.5 (#83), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English14101013
LMArena Chinese14501033
LMArena German14191031
LMArena Japanese1403954
LMArena Korean1385880
LMArena Russian14151019
LMArena French1433—
LMArena Spanish1421—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 75.9 (#50), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following14051058
IFEval89.8%—

Long Context Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 47.5 (#16), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query14191042
Fiction.LiveBench77.8%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash: 54.0 (#153), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.5 FlashPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text14171080
LMArena Creative Writing14001045
LMArena Multi-Turn14081049
Short-Story Creative Writing76.5%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1137—
WildBench81.7%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.0 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

Gemini 2.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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