Model comparison
Llama 3.1-70B vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-70B scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 33.4 to 13.5.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 35 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1260 | 1130 |
| WeirdML | 9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 6.9% | — |
| BALROG | 27.9% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 1127 |
| DTBench | 60% | — |
| LMCA | 14.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.92 | — |
Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1173 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 21% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1209 | 1108 |
| GPQA Diamond | 44.2% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 65.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 42.6% | — |
| MMLU | 80.1% | — |
Multilingual Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1219 | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1215 | 1108 |
| LMArena French | 1261 | 1110 |
| LMArena German | 1222 | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1132 | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1253 | 1095 |
Instruction Following Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1231 | 1113 |
| IFEval | 82.1% | — |
Long Context Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1241 | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1261 | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1232 | 1107 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1256 | 1088 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 784 | — |
| WildBench | 75.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1-70B better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1-70B or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-70B and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.