Model comparison

Llama 3-70B vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3-70B Meta

28.8

Rank #323 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 33.0 to 12.8.

Side by side

Llama 3-70B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Llama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index28.831.3
Released2024-04-18—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3115

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Category by category

Coding Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding12061093
BigCodeBench Instruct43.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete54.5%—
HumanEval+72%—
MBPP+69%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Cybench5%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts11951087
Kagi LLM Benchmark35.1%—
DTBench54.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index122.93—
ForecastBench57.1—
WinoGrande83.5%—

Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math12181152
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.3%—
MATH Level 522.6%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert11491051
GPQA Diamond40.6%—
MMLU79.3%—

Multilingual Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English11421013
LMArena Chinese11141033
LMArena German11691031
LMArena Japanese1017954
LMArena Korean1017880
LMArena Russian11591019
LMArena French1232—
LMArena Spanish1241—

Instruction Following Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following11941058

Long Context Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query11741042

Writing & Preference Llama 3-70B leads

Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3-70BPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text12211080
LMArena Creative Writing12101045
LMArena Multi-Turn12231049

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3-70B better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3-70B or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Llama 3-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.8 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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