Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 21.7.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index59.833.0
Released2026-08-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4417

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding14971130
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14941127
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math15071173
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert15081108
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14841094
LMArena Chinese15481108
LMArena French15051110
LMArena German14981101
LMArena Japanese15121042
LMArena Korean1483954
LMArena Russian15161145
LMArena Spanish15031095

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14831113

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14921120

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text14861138
LMArena Creative Writing14901107
LMArena Multi-Turn14891088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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