Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 21.7.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index56.733.0
Released2026-02-19—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$12—
Results tracked7117

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding14841130
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
LMArena WebDev1447—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14851127
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math14851173
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert14851108
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14771094
LMArena Chinese15291108
LMArena French14871110
LMArena German14911101
LMArena Japanese14931042
LMArena Korean1455954
LMArena Russian14981145
LMArena Spanish14791095

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14661113

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14831120
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text14811138
LMArena Creative Writing14821107
LMArena Multi-Turn14881088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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