Model comparison

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 20.8 to 14.8.

Side by side

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderMicrosoftMicrosoft
Noometry Index31.329.3
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1532

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Category by category

Coding Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding10931101
LiveBench Coding—20.3%

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10871100
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math11521151
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge Too close to call

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert10511067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English10131058
LMArena Chinese10331061
LMArena German10311080
LMArena Japanese954966
LMArena Korean880894
LMArena Russian10191111
LMArena French—1135
LMArena Spanish—1111

Instruction Following Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10581087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query10421088

Writing & Preference Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text10801110
LMArena Creative Writing10451083
LMArena Multi-Turn10491068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.8 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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