Model comparison
Llama 3.2 90B vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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MicrosoftSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 1 category and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads 27.6 to 11.1.
Side by side
| Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 27.5 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2024-09-24 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 9 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1101 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 27.3% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | 0.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1100 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.5 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1151 |
| MATH Level 5 | 39.4% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 80.3% | 75.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | 41% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1000 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena French | — | 1135 |
| LMArena German | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1087 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.2 90B better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 90B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Llama 3.2 90B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.