Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 57.8 to 47.7.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index33.127.9
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked1735

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding11121093
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts11131072
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
HellaSwag—76.7%
LiveBench—22.4%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Math11351111
LiveBench Math—15.7%

Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert10961045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English11211021
LMArena Chinese11321021
LMArena French11571076
LMArena German11141044
LMArena Japanese1083935
LMArena Korean1055905
LMArena Russian11181022
LMArena Spanish11401085

Instruction Following Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11181053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query11301044

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text11561073
LMArena Creative Writing11471037
LMArena Multi-Turn11181018
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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