Model comparison

Llama 3.2 1B vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

20.1

Rank #354 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 33.4 to 10.4.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 1B and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
Llama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index20.133.0
Released2024-09-24—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window60K—
Max output54K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.027—
Output $ / M tokens$0.20—
Results tracked2217

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Category by category

Coding Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding10701130
BigCodeBench Instruct8.2%—
BigCodeBench Complete11.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard10.8%—
BALROG6.6%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10441127
Chess Puzzles0%—
Epoch Capabilities Index101.99—

Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math10861173
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert10071108
GPQA Diamond23.9%—

Multilingual Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English9731094
LMArena Chinese9591108
LMArena German10141101
LMArena Russian9411145
LMArena French—1110
LMArena Japanese—1042
LMArena Korean—954
LMArena Spanish—1095

Instruction Following Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10311113

Long Context Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query10501120

Writing & Preference Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.2 1BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text10551138
LMArena Creative Writing10331107
LMArena Multi-Turn10301088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing200—

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.2 1B better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.2 1B or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 21.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 1B and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 1B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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