Model comparison
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 33.0 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 34.5 (#233), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | 1130 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 24.1 (#120), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 22.1 (#207), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1145 | 1127 |
Math Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.0 (#209), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1173 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#220), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | 1108 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.9 (#260), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | 1108 |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | 1145 |
| LMArena French | — | 1110 |
| LMArena German | — | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 954 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1095 |
Instruction Following Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.6 (#259), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | 1113 |
Long Context Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#241), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.5 (#266), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | 1107 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | 1088 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (32.4 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?
Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.