Model comparison
Gemma 3 12B vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Gemma 3 12B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 31.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 12B scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 3 12B leads 45.7 to 25.9.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 32.1 | 31.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemma 3 12B: 31.7 (#280), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1281 | 1093 |
| SciCode | 17.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: 25.5 (#108), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 30.4% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Gemma 3 12B: 15.7 (#313), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1309 | 1087 |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 48.8% | — |
| LMCA | 4.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.5 | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Gemma 3 12B: 22.3 (#279), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1307 | 1152 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#257), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1248 | 1051 |
| GPQA Diamond | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 12B: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | 46.7% | — |
Multilingual Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 45.7 (#165), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1013 |
| LMArena German | 1370 | 1031 |
| LMArena Russian | 1335 | 1019 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1033 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 880 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 68.6 (#186), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1299 | 1058 |
Long Context Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#162), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1317 | 1042 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 12B leads
Gemma 3 12B: 47.5 (#209), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 12B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1334 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1045 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1334 | 1049 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1126 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 12B better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?
Gemma 3 12B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.1 vs 31.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 3 12B or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (31.7 vs 31.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 12B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 12B has 24 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.