Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 14.8.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index59.829.3
Released2026-08-132024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4432

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding14971101
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14941100
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
LMCA50.4%—
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math15071151
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert15081067
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14841058
LMArena Chinese15481061
LMArena French15051135
LMArena German14981080
LMArena Japanese1512966
LMArena Korean1483894
LMArena Russian15161111
LMArena Spanish15031111

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14831087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14921088

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text14861110
LMArena Creative Writing14901083
LMArena Multi-Turn14891068
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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