# Claude 2 vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

> Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-phi-3-small-8k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads 27.6 to 9.3.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 29.3 |
| Rank | 346 | 314 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1101 |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 21.7 (#216)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1100 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |

## Math

- Claude 2: 9.3 (#320)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1151 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 16.9 (#287)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 78.5% | 75.7% |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | 58.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2: —
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | 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

- Claude 2: —
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1087 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2: —
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1088 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2: —
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.