# Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

> Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-2-0-flash-lite-vs-phi-3-small-8k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 24

## Summary

- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite 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 Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 51.9 to 31.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 58.1% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 17.6% for Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 28.8 |
| Rank | 189 | 310 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.4 (#181)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.4 (#313)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1102 |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 21.2 (#203)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | 15.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | 30.3% |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | 24% |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |

## Math

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.8 (#192)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 25.4 (#247)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1151 |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.6 (#185)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#237)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1067 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 30.6 (#103)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.2 (#156)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.6 (#267)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1346 | 1134 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1302 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1111 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.6 (#158)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 52.2 (#287)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1087 |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#155)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#262)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1321 | 1088 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.9 (#172)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.3 (#279)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | 12.9% |
| WildBench | 79% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.