Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs phi-3-medium 14B
phi-3-medium 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and phi-3-medium 14B in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where phi-3-medium 14B leads 25.2 to 9.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 19.9% for Gemma 3 1B and 27.6% for phi-3-medium 14B.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | phi-3-medium 14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 20.7 | 29.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, phi-3-medium 14B: 36.3 (#198)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 48.7% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), phi-3-medium 14B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), phi-3-medium 14B: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 55.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 81.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 121.18 |
| HellaSwag | — | 82.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math phi-3-medium 14B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), phi-3-medium 14B: 25.2 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 17.6% |
Knowledge phi-3-medium 14B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), phi-3-medium 14B: 9.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | 27.6% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 91.6% |
| MMLU | — | 78% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 87.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than phi-3-medium 14B?
phi-3-medium 14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and phi-3-medium 14B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and phi-3-medium 14B has 13.