Model comparison
Mercury vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Mercury scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mercury leads 46.2 to 27.1.
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 29.7 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 9 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury leads
Mercury: 38.7 (#170), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Mercury: 17.5 (#293), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1285 | 1028 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 21.6% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mercury: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1089 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 984 |
Multilingual Mercury leads
Mercury: 41.6 (#206), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1016 |
| LMArena French | — | 1039 |
| LMArena German | — | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1059 |
Instruction Following Mercury leads
Mercury: 65.2 (#224), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1239 | 1023 |
Long Context Mercury leads
Mercury: 38.4 (#198), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1266 | 996 |
Writing & Preference Mercury leads
Mercury: 46.2 (#221), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Mercury | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1282 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1191 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1282 | 989 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Mercury is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
Mercury scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury has 9 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.