# Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

> Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-0-pro-vs-phi-3-small-8k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 2 categories; 8 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

| | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 27.3 | 29.3 |
| Rank | 332 | 314 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | 1101 |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| DTBench | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 117.04 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |

## Math

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1132 | 1151 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | 1067 |
| MMLU | 70% | 75.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1145 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1125 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | 966 |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1119 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | 1088 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1131 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.2 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.