# Phi-4 vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

> Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-4-vs-tulu-3-70b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi-4 scores higher in 2 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi-4 leads 32.5 to 25.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 64.9% for Phi-4 and 42.7% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.

## Snapshot

| | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 30.9 | 32.6 |
| Rank | 269 | 242 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.07 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.14 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi-4: 33.8 (#237)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 35.4 (#211)

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1231 | 1236 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 30.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.4% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Phi-4: 22.6 (#120)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: —

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 28.8% | — |
| BALROG | 11.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Phi-4: 17.0 (#287)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 22.9 (#172)

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1220 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 47.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 45.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.43 | — |
| LiveBench | 41.6% | — |

## Math

- Phi-4: 19.6 (#279)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 13.3 (#297)

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 13.8% | 4.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1246 | 1242 |
| MATH Level 5 | 64.9% | 42.7% |
| LiveBench Math | 42% | — |

## Knowledge

- Phi-4: 32.5 (#204)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.1 (#257)

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | 46.3% |
| Confabulations | 29.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1203 | — |
| MMLU | 84.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Phi-4: 37.4 (#232)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 40.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1197 | 1236 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1211 | 1249 |
| LMArena Russian | 1209 | 1246 |
| LMArena French | 1223 | — |
| LMArena German | 1222 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1158 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1151 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1234 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Phi-4: 60.6 (#246)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 65.0 (#222)

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1201 | 1233 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.4% | — |

## Long Context

- Phi-4: 36.9 (#221)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1217 | 1224 |

## Writing & Preference

- Phi-4: 40.7 (#239)
- Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.8 (#218)

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1217 | 1256 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1182 | 1231 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1206 | 1252 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 62.6% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Phi-4 better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Phi-4 or Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B better for coding?

Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi-4 and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-4 has 37 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.