Model comparison

Llama 3.1-70B vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1-70B Meta

29.6

Rank #308 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-70B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 33.0 to 13.5.

Side by side

Llama 3.1-70B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Llama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index29.631.3
Released2024-07-23—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output4K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3515

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Category by category

Coding Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding12601093
WeirdML9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct46.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete54.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
TheAgentCompany6.9%—
BALROG27.9%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts12411087
DTBench60%—
LMCA14.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index125.92—

Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math12521152
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20253.6%—
Omni-MATH21%—
MATH Level 536.7%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert12091051
GPQA Diamond44.2%—
MMLU-Pro65.3%—
GPQA (HELM)42.6%—
MMLU80.1%—

Multilingual Llama 3.1-70B leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English12191013
LMArena Chinese12151033
LMArena German12221031
LMArena Japanese1132954
LMArena Korean1140880
LMArena Russian12341019
LMArena French1261—
LMArena Spanish1253—

Instruction Following Llama 3.1-70B leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following12311058
IFEval82.1%—

Long Context Llama 3.1-70B leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query12411042

Writing & Preference Llama 3.1-70B leads

Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text12611080
LMArena Creative Writing12321045
LMArena Multi-Turn12561049
EQ-Bench Creative Writing784—
WildBench75.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1-70B better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1-70B or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.8 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-70B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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