Model comparison

Llama 3-70B vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3-70B Meta

28.8

Rank #323 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 33.4 to 12.8.

Side by side

Llama 3-70B and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
Llama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index28.833.0
Released2024-04-18—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3117

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Category by category

Coding Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding12061130
BigCodeBench Instruct43.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete54.5%—
HumanEval+72%—
MBPP+69%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Cybench5%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts11951127
Kagi LLM Benchmark35.1%—
DTBench54.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index122.93—
ForecastBench57.1—
WinoGrande83.5%—

Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math12181173
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.3%—
MATH Level 522.6%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert11491108
GPQA Diamond40.6%—
MMLU79.3%—

Multilingual Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English11421094
LMArena Chinese11141108
LMArena French12321110
LMArena German11691101
LMArena Japanese10171042
LMArena Korean1017954
LMArena Russian11591145
LMArena Spanish12411095

Instruction Following Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11941113

Long Context Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query11741120

Writing & Preference Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text12211138
LMArena Creative Writing12101107
LMArena Multi-Turn12231088

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3-70B better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3-70B or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

Llama 3-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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