Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Gemma 2 2b IT and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.5 vs 32.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 4 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 32.5 | 32.4 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1130 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1127 |
Math Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1173 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1108 |
Multilingual Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1108 |
| LMArena French | 1156 | 1109 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1095 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1114 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1106 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1088 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Gemma 2 2b IT and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.5 vs 32.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (31.8 vs 32.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.