Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.8 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
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- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads 28.5 to 7.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 20.7 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.4 (#313)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1102 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 3 1B leads
Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1100 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 25.4 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1151 |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#237)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.6 (#267)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena French | — | 1134 |
| LMArena German | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 52.2 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1087 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#262)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.3 (#279)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 28.8 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.