Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon 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 math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 27.6.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index56.529.3
Released2026-09-302024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked2132

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding15501101
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts15481100
CritPt27.1%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math15361151
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert15531067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English15231058
LMArena Chinese16101061
LMArena Russian15371111
LMArena Spanish14971111
LMArena French—1135
LMArena German—1080
LMArena Japanese—966
LMArena Korean—894

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following15381087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query15491088

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text15341110
LMArena Creative Writing15311083
LMArena Multi-Turn15571068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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