# Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

> Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-experimental-chat-26-01-10-vs-phi-3-small-8k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 leads 57.4 to 31.1.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 42.8 | 29.3 |
| Rank | 107 | 314 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10: 42.7 (#96)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1101 |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10: 28.9 (#98)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1415 | 1100 |
| 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

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10: 38.5 (#136)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1404 | 1151 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10: 40.3 (#120)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1444 | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10: 50.2 (#126)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1381 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1372 | 1061 |
| LMArena Russian | 1391 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1390 | 1111 |
| LMArena French | — | 1135 |
| LMArena German | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10: 72.9 (#126)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1381 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10: 42.7 (#119)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1400 | 1088 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10: 57.4 (#129)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1396 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1331 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1380 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.7 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10 has 13 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.