Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b 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 writing & preference, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 50.1 to 27.6.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
Gemma 3n E4b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index37.327.9
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked1835

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding12681093
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12841072
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%—
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 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Math12511111
LiveBench Math—15.7%

Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert12461045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12851021
LMArena Chinese13091021
LMArena French13301076
LMArena German13111044
LMArena Japanese1272935
LMArena Korean1259905
LMArena Russian12881022
LMArena Spanish13051085

Instruction Following Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12551053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12761044

Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13061073
LMArena Creative Writing12871037
LMArena Multi-Turn12761018
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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