Model comparison

Llama 2-70B vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.4

Rank #349 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B scores higher in 3 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads 29.1 to 7.4.

Side by side

Llama 2-70B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
Llama 2-70BPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index24.429.3
Released2023-07-182024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3532

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Category by category

Coding Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 31.4 (#286), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding10791101
LiveBench Coding—20.3%

Reasoning Too close to call

Llama 2-70B: 14.4 (#325), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10731100
BIG-Bench Hard64.9%79.1%
HellaSwag85.3%77%
WinoGrande80.2%81.5%
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
DTBench41.6%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
CommonsenseQA 2.050%—
Epoch Capabilities Index113.79—
ForecastBench51.4—
LAMBADA78.9%—
LiveBench—24%
PIQA82.8%—

Math Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 8.1 (#326), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math10911151
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%
MATH Level 53.3%—
GSM8K69.6%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#310), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert10391067
ARC (AI2) Challenge78.3%90.7%
MMLU69.9%75.7%
OpenBookQA60.2%88%
TriviaQA87.6%58.1%
GPQA Diamond26.3%—
BoolQ88.6%—

Multilingual Too close to call

Llama 2-70B: 27.7 (#274), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English10451058
LMArena Chinese9951061
LMArena French10901135
LMArena German10411080
LMArena Japanese927966
LMArena Korean964894
LMArena Russian10831111
LMArena Spanish11431111

Instruction Following Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 54.9 (#278), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10711087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context Too close to call

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#270), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query10621088

Writing & Preference Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.3 (#279), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text11151110
LMArena Creative Writing10751083
LMArena Multi-Turn10881068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-70B better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-70B or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Llama 2-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.4 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-70B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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