Model comparison

Phi-3.5-mini vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#305); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Phi-3.5-mini Microsoft

36.9

Unranked Sparse

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi-3.5-mini scores higher in 1 category and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Phi-3.5-mini leads 34.6 to 28.8.

Side by side

Phi-3.5-mini and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
Phi-3.5-miniPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderMicrosoftMicrosoft
Noometry Index36.929.7
Released2024-08-162024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked519

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Category by category

Coding Phi-3.5-mini leads

Phi-3.5-mini: 34.6 (#232), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi-3.5-miniPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct32.8%29.6%
BigCodeBench Complete38.5%40.6%
LMArena Coding—1039

Reasoning Not comparable

Phi-3.5-mini: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi-3.5-miniPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts—1028
PIQA81%—

Math Not comparable

Phi-3.5-mini: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi-3.5-miniPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math—1089
GSM8K86.2%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Phi-3.5-mini: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi-3.5-miniPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert—984
BoolQ78%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Phi-3.5-mini: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi-3.5-miniPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1000
LMArena Chinese—1016
LMArena French—1039
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Russian—1004
LMArena Spanish—1059

Instruction Following Not comparable

Phi-3.5-mini: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi-3.5-miniPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1023

Long Context Not comparable

Phi-3.5-mini: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi-3.5-miniPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—996

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Phi-3.5-mini: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi-3.5-miniPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text—1050
LMArena Creative Writing—1024
LMArena Multi-Turn—989

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi-3.5-mini better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#305); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Phi-3.5-mini or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

Phi-3.5-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.6 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi-3.5-mini and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-3.5-mini has 5 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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