Model comparison
Llama 3.2 3B vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Llama 3.2 3B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (28.9 vs 29.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 3B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 3 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads 31.1 to 24.7.
Side by side
| Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 28.9 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2024-09-24 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.33 | — |
| Results tracked | 18 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Llama 3.2 3B: 27.6 (#319), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1098 | 1101 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 23.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 28.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.2 3B: 20.1 (#143), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 21.9% | — |
| BALROG | 10.1% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 3B leads
Llama 3.2 3B: 21.0 (#228), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1095 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Llama 3.2 3B leads
Llama 3.2 3B: 32.4 (#214), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1126 | 1151 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Llama 3.2 3B: 29.7 (#235), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1090 | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Llama 3.2 3B: 26.2 (#281), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1019 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1017 | 1061 |
| LMArena German | 1056 | 1080 |
| LMArena Russian | 949 | 1111 |
| LMArena French | — | 1135 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Llama 3.2 3B leads
Llama 3.2 3B: 56.0 (#275), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1089 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Too close to call
Llama 3.2 3B: 33.4 (#261), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1100 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Llama 3.2 3B: 24.7 (#307), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 3B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1110 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1094 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1105 | 1068 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 595 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.2 3B better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Llama 3.2 3B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (28.9 vs 29.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Llama 3.2 3B or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (27.6 vs 27.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 3B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 3B has 18 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.