Model comparison
Llama 4 Scout vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 4 Scout scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Llama 4 Scout leads 41.0 to 25.2.
Side by side
| Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 27.7 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2025-04-05 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 4 Scout: 20.2 (#339), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1286 | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 43.1% | 40.6% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 9.1% | — |
| SciCode | 17% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 4 Scout: 24.6 (#119), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 28.1% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 4 Scout: 9.1 (#345), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1266 | 1028 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 36.9% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 0.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 57.9% | — |
| LMCA | 12% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.64 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.5 | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 4 Scout: 19.6 (#286), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1287 | 1089 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 7.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 37.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 62.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
Knowledge Llama 4 Scout leads
Llama 4 Scout: 31.9 (#217), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1235 | 984 |
| GPQA Diamond | 51.8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 4 Scout: 32.2 (#102), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1118 | — |
| SpatialViz-Bench | 34.2% | — |
Multilingual Llama 4 Scout leads
Llama 4 Scout: 41.0 (#212), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1252 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1255 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1282 | 1039 |
| LMArena German | 1272 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1207 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1278 | 1059 |
Instruction Following Llama 4 Scout leads
Llama 4 Scout: 65.8 (#217), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1248 | 1023 |
| IFEval | 81.8% | — |
Long Context Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 4 Scout: 27.5 (#294), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1265 | 996 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 36% | — |
Writing & Preference Llama 4 Scout leads
Llama 4 Scout: 37.0 (#261), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1279 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1249 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1280 | 989 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 783 | — |
| WildBench | 78% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 4 Scout better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 27.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 4 Scout or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 28.8 versus 20.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 4 Scout and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 4 Scout has 43 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.