Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 30.9 to 10.0.
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 32.4 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.2 (#296), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1130 |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 19.7 (#232), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1127 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.69 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.0 (#305), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1173 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#271), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1108 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 24.7 (#120), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 38.0 (#229), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1188 | 1108 |
| LMArena French | 1228 | 1109 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1095 |
Instruction Following Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 63.1 (#230), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1200 | 1114 |
Long Context Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#223), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Claude 3 Sonnet leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.3 (#233), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1106 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1088 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.