# Llama 13b vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

> Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-13b-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 52.1 to 36.9.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 23.9 | 29.1 |
| Rank | 344 | 303 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1040 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |

## Reasoning

- Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1028 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.09 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |

## Math

- Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1089 |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 13b: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 984 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 13b: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1016 |
| LMArena French | — | 1038 |
| LMArena German | — | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1058 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1023 |

## Long Context

- Llama 13b: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 996 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 989 |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 13b better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Llama 13b or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 28.3 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.