Model comparison
Llama 2-70B vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 31.6 to 8.1.
Side by side
| Llama 2-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 2-70B leads
Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1079 | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1073 | 1028 |
| DTBench | 41.6% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 64.9% | — |
| CommonsenseQA 2.0 | 50% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 113.79 | — |
| ForecastBench | 51.4 | — |
| HellaSwag | 85.3% | — |
| LAMBADA | 78.9% | — |
| PIQA | 82.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 80.2% | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1091 | 1089 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 3.3% | — |
| GSM8K | 69.6% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1039 | 984 |
| GPQA Diamond | 26.3% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 88.6% | — |
| MMLU | 69.9% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 60.2% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.6% | — |
Multilingual Llama 2-70B leads
Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1045 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 995 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1090 | 1039 |
| LMArena German | 1041 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 927 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 964 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1083 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1059 |
Instruction Following Llama 2-70B leads
Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1071 | 1023 |
Long Context Llama 2-70B leads
Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1062 | 996 |
Writing & Preference Llama 2-70B leads
Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1115 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1075 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1088 | 989 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-70B better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-70B or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
Llama 2-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.4 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-70B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.