Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Phi-4

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Phi-4 costs 17× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Phi-4 Microsoft

31.2

Rank #279 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Phi-4 in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 17.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.2% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 13.8% for Phi-4.
  • Phi-4 is cheaper at $0.07 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
  • Phi-4 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 Flash and Phi-4 specifications
Gemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index59.831.2
Released2026-08-132024-12-11
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M128K
Max output66K4K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.07
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.14
Results tracked4437

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Phi-4: 34.4 (#239)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
LMArena Coding14971231
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—45.5%
LiveBench Coding—30.7%
BigCodeBench Complete—55.4%
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Phi-4: 22.8 (#128)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.8%
Remote Labor Index5%—
BALROG—11.6%
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Phi-4: 17.7 (#291)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
Chess Puzzles47%1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941220
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27130.42
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—47.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—45.2%
LMCA50.4%—
LiveBench—41.6%

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Phi-4: 20.8 (#285)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%13.8%
LMArena Math15071246
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—
LiveBench Math—42%
MATH Level 5—64.9%

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Phi-4: 32.6 (#209)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
GPQA Diamond94.8%56.1%
LMArena Expert15081203
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Confabulations—29.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—3.7%
MMLU—84.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Phi-4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Phi-4: 37.2 (#237)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
LMArena Non-English14841197
LMArena Chinese15481212
LMArena French15051224
LMArena German14981222
LMArena Japanese15121158
LMArena Korean14831151
LMArena Russian15161209
LMArena Spanish15031234

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Phi-4: 60.4 (#251)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
LMArena Instruction Following14831201
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.4%

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Phi-4: 36.9 (#226)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
LMArena Longer Query14921217

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Phi-4: 40.5 (#244)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashPhi-4
LMArena Text14861217
LMArena Creative Writing14901182
LMArena Multi-Turn14891206
Short-Story Creative Writing—62.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723—
LiveBench Language—25.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Phi-4?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Phi-4 costs 17× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash or Phi-4?

Phi-4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.07 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Phi-4 better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Phi-4 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.

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