Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Gemma 2 27B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 31.6 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 42.8% for Gemma 2 27B and 29.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | — |
| Max output | 2K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | 29.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | 40.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1028 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1089 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 984 |
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | 1039 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | 1059 |
Instruction Following Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1023 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
Long Context Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 996 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 989 |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Gemma 2 27B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
Gemma 2 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.