Model comparison

Llama 3.1-405B vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Llama 3.1-405B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1-405B Meta

30.4

Rank #279 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.1

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-405B scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Llama 3.1-405B leads 40.9 to 25.4.

Side by side

Llama 3.1-405B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
Llama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index30.429.1
Released2024-07-232024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4219

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Category by category

Coding Llama 3.1-405B leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 32.7 (#257), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Coding12911040
WeirdML21.4%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.1-405B: 20.9 (#131), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
TheAgentCompany7.4%—
Cybench7.5%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 16.4 (#293), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12701028
SimpleBench23%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark45%—
DTBench61.4%—
BIG-Bench Hard82.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index128.76—
ForecastBench59.9—
HellaSwag89.2%—
PIQA85.9%—
WinoGrande89.2%—

Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 17.3 (#283), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math12811089
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20259.7%—
Omni-MATH24.9%—
MATH Level 549.8%—

Knowledge Llama 3.1-405B leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#221), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert1243984
GPQA Diamond50.9%—
MMLU-Pro72.3%—
Confabulations17.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52.2%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge95.3%—
MMLU84.5%—
TriviaQA82.7%—

Multilingual Llama 3.1-405B leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 40.9 (#209), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12481000
LMArena Chinese12421016
LMArena French12781038
LMArena German12521006
LMArena Japanese1208899
LMArena Korean1184856
LMArena Russian12651004
LMArena Spanish12591058

Instruction Following Llama 3.1-405B leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 66.1 (#209), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12591023
IFEval81.1%—

Long Context Llama 3.1-405B leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#192), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1266996

Writing & Preference Llama 3.1-405B leads

Llama 3.1-405B: 39.1 (#246), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-405BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text12841050
LMArena Creative Writing12621024
LMArena Multi-Turn1297989
EQ-Bench Creative Writing870—
WildBench78.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1-405B better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Llama 3.1-405B is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.4 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1-405B or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

Llama 3.1-405B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.7 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-405B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-405B has 42 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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