Model comparison
phi-3-medium 14B vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
phi-3-medium 14B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 29.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. phi-3-medium 14B scores higher in 1 category and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads 29.1 to 9.1.
Side by side
| phi-3-medium 14B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 13 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding phi-3-medium 14B leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 36.8 (#201), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1101 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 48.7% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Adversarial NLI | 55.8% | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 81.4% | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | 82.4% | 77% |
| WinoGrande | 81.5% | 81.5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1100 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 121.23 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
Math Too close to call
phi-3-medium 14B: 27.3 (#250), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1151 |
| MATH Level 5 | 17.6% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
phi-3-medium 14B: 9.1 (#306), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 91.6% | 90.7% |
| MMLU | 78% | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | 87.4% | 88% |
| TriviaQA | 73.9% | 58.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1067 |
Multilingual Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena French | — | 1135 |
| LMArena German | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1087 |
Long Context Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
phi-3-medium 14B: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | phi-3-medium 14B | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is phi-3-medium 14B better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
phi-3-medium 14B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 29.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is phi-3-medium 14B or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
phi-3-medium 14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.8 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do phi-3-medium 14B and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. phi-3-medium 14B has 13 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.