Model comparison
Gemma 3 4B vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads 29.1 to 11.8.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | |
| Noometry Index | 28.1 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1230 | 1101 |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 19.6% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1253 | 1100 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 25.2% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| DTBench | 50.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| LMCA | 2.8% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 116.02 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1239 | 1151 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 7.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1067 |
| GPQA Diamond | 23.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.4% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1058 |
| LMArena German | 1281 | 1080 |
| LMArena Russian | 1294 | 1111 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena French | — | 1135 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1273 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 3 4B leads
Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 4B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1291 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1271 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1255 | 1068 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1068 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 4B better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3 4B or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Gemma 3 4B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.