Model comparison

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 xAI

37.7

Rank #198 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 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 Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 47.3 to 27.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderxAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index37.727.9
Released2024-08-132024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
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Results tracked1735

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Category by category

Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding12691093
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12551072
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 Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Math12651111
LiveBench Math—15.7%

Knowledge Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert12381045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12571021
LMArena Chinese12621021
LMArena French12861076
LMArena German12731044
LMArena Japanese1213935
LMArena Korean1195905
LMArena Russian12611022
LMArena Spanish12791085

Instruction Following Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12451053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12661044

Writing & Preference Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 2 Mini 2024 08 13Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text12811073
LMArena Creative Writing12421037
LMArena Multi-Turn12651018
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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