# Palm 2 vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

> Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.0 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/palm-2-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Palm 2 scores higher in 2 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 5 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 25.2 to 20.9.
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Palm 2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 29.7 |
| Rank | 298 | 305 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 994 | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |

## Reasoning

- Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1028 |

## Math

- Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1049 | 1089 |

## Knowledge

- Palm 2: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 984 |

## Multilingual

- Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | — | 1039 |
| LMArena German | — | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1059 |

## Instruction Following

- Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | 1023 |

## Long Context

- Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | 996 |

## Writing & Preference

- Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | 989 |

## FAQ

### Is Palm 2 better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.0 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Is Palm 2 or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (29.0 vs 28.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.