# Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#246); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-medium-4k-instruct-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 35.8 |
| Rank | 246 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)
- StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1130 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Reasoning

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1127 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.01 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1173 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1108 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## Multilingual

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1094 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1108 | — |
| LMArena French | 1109 | — |
| LMArena German | 1101 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1042 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 954 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1145 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1095 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | — |

## Long Context

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1120 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1106 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1088 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#246); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.3 vs 32.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct and StarCoder 2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.