Model comparison

Palm 2 vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.0 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Palm 2 scores higher in 2 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 5 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 25.2 to 20.9.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
Palm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index30.029.7
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1019

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Palm 2: 29.0 (#311), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Coding9941039
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Reasoning Too close to call

Palm 2: 19.1 (#271), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10051028

Math Too close to call

Palm 2: 30.8 (#231), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math10491089

Knowledge Not comparable

Palm 2: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert—984

Multilingual Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Palm 2: 20.9 (#295), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English9161000
LMArena Chinese8871016
LMArena French—1039
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Russian—1004
LMArena Spanish—1059

Instruction Following Too close to call

Palm 2: 51.0 (#296), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10101023

Long Context Too close to call

Palm 2: 30.8 (#285), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1010996

Writing & Preference Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Palm 2: 25.6 (#304), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text10271050
LMArena Creative Writing9911024
LMArena Multi-Turn994989

Frequently asked questions

Is Palm 2 better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.0 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is Palm 2 or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (29.0 vs 28.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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