Model comparison
Llama 3.2 1B vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.9 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
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MicrosoftSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 1B scores higher in 3 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads 28.5 to 7.2.
Side by side
| Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 20.1 | 27.9 |
| Released | 2024-09-24 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 60K | — |
| Max output | 54K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.027 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads
Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1070 | 1093 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 8.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 15.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 11.3% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 10.8% | — |
| BALROG | 6.6% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 1B leads
Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1044 | 1072 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 26.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 34.7% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 101.99 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| LiveBench | — | 22.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads
Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1086 | 1111 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 15.7% |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads
Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1007 | 1045 |
| GPQA Diamond | 23.9% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multilingual Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads
Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 973 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 959 | 1021 |
| LMArena German | 1014 | 1044 |
| LMArena Russian | 941 | 1022 |
| LMArena French | — | 1076 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 935 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 905 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1085 |
Instruction Following Llama 3.2 1B leads
Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1031 | 1053 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 39.1% |
Long Context Too close to call
Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1050 | 1044 |
Writing & Preference Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct leads
Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 1B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1055 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1033 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1030 | 1018 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 200 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 9.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.2 1B better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.9 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.2 1B or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 26.6 versus 21.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 1B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 1B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.