Model comparison
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs Sonar
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
PerplexitySummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Sonar leads 52.6 to 34.1.
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 33.0 | 38.5 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Sonar leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1130 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1127 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
Math Too close to call
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1173 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1108 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1094 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1108 | — |
| LMArena French | 1110 | — |
| LMArena German | 1101 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1042 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 954 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1095 | — |
Instruction Following Sonar leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1113 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255), Sonar: —
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1120 | — |
Writing & Preference Sonar leads
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1107 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1088 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than Sonar?
Sonar is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct or Sonar better for coding?
Sonar scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.