Model comparison

Olmo 3 32b Think vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Olmo 3 32b Think scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Olmo 3 32b Think leads 49.2 to 27.7.

Side by side

Olmo 3 32b Think and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
Olmo 3 32b ThinkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)Microsoft
Noometry Index38.127.4
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked1435

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Category by category

Coding Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.0 (#169), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.1 (#319)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding13181093
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 24.9 (#138), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 13.6 (#326)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13021072
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
HellaSwag—76.7%
LiveBench—22.4%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 33.8 (#165), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 24.5 (#258)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Math13151111
LiveBench Math—15.7%

Knowledge Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 34.4 (#189), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.9 (#241)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert12721045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.4 (#205), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12551021
LMArena Chinese13001021
LMArena French12911075
LMArena German12901044
LMArena Russian12551022
LMArena Japanese—935
LMArena Korean—905
LMArena Spanish—1084

Instruction Following Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.4 (#193), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 48.0 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12751053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#177), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#271)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12961044

Writing & Preference Olmo 3 32b Think leads

Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.2 (#188), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.7 (#295)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkOlmo 3 32b ThinkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13001073
LMArena Creative Writing12561037
LMArena Multi-Turn12891018
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is Olmo 3 32b Think better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

Olmo 3 32b Think is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Olmo 3 32b Think or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 3 32b Think scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.0 versus 26.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Olmo 3 32b Think and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Olmo 3 32b Think has 14 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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