Model comparison

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct vs Step 3

Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Step 3 StepFun

40.5

Rank #149 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct scores higher in 0 categories and Step 3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Step 3 leads 54.3 to 31.1.

Side by side

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and Step 3 specifications
Phi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
ProviderMicrosoftStepFun
Noometry Index29.340.5
Released2024-04-23—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3217

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Category by category

Coding Step 3 leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
LMArena Coding11011367
LiveBench Coding20.3%—

Reasoning Step 3 leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
LMArena Hard Prompts11001355
Kagi LLM Benchmark—62.3%
LiveBench Reasoning15.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis30.3%—
Adversarial NLI58.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard79.1%—
HellaSwag77%—
LiveBench24%—
WinoGrande81.5%—

Math Step 3 leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
LMArena Math11511366
LiveBench Math17.6%—

Knowledge Step 3 leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
LMArena Expert10671333
ARC (AI2) Challenge90.7%—
MMLU75.7%—
OpenBookQA88%—
TriviaQA58.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
LMArena Vision—1177

Multilingual Step 3 leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272), Step 3: 46.3 (#159)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
LMArena Non-English10581327
LMArena Chinese10611397
LMArena German10801371
LMArena Korean8941269
LMArena Russian11111331
LMArena Spanish11111371
LMArena French1135—
LMArena Japanese966—

Instruction Following Step 3 leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292), Step 3: 70.4 (#164)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
LMArena Instruction Following10871332
LiveBench Instruction Following47.2%—

Long Context Step 3 leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267), Step 3: 40.3 (#157)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
LMArena Longer Query10881326

Writing & Preference Step 3 leads

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284), Step 3: 54.3 (#151)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPhi 3 Small 8k InstructStep 3
LMArena Text11101350
LMArena Creative Writing10831321
LMArena Multi-Turn10681341
LiveBench Language12.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better than Step 3?

Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct or Step 3 better for coding?

Step 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct and Step 3 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.

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