Model comparison
Llama 4 Scout vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 4 Scout scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Llama 4 Scout leads 41.3 to 26.0.
Side by side
| Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 27.4 | 30.7 |
| Released | 2025-04-05 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Llama 4 Scout: 19.9 (#334), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1286 | 1093 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 9.1% | — |
| SciCode | 17% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 43.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 4 Scout: 24.4 (#109), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 28.1% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Llama 4 Scout: 9.2 (#339), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1266 | 1088 |
| 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 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Llama 4 Scout: 18.4 (#280), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1286 | 1152 |
| 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: 31.8 (#208), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1236 | 1051 |
| GPQA Diamond | 51.8% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 4 Scout: 31.6 (#98), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1118 | — |
| SpatialViz-Bench | 34.2% | — |
Multilingual Llama 4 Scout leads
Llama 4 Scout: 41.3 (#207), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1253 | 1013 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1256 | 1033 |
| LMArena German | 1274 | 1031 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1209 | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | 1207 | 880 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 1019 |
| LMArena French | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1277 | — |
Instruction Following Llama 4 Scout leads
Llama 4 Scout: 66.0 (#212), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1248 | 1058 |
| IFEval | 81.8% | — |
Long Context Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Llama 4 Scout: 27.5 (#289), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1265 | 1042 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 36% | — |
Writing & Preference Llama 4 Scout leads
Llama 4 Scout: 37.1 (#256), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1279 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1249 | 1045 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1281 | 1049 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 783 | — |
| WildBench | 78% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 4 Scout better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 4 Scout or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 19.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 4 Scout and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 4 Scout has 43 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.