Model comparison

Gemini 3 Pro vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Pro Google

54.8

Rank #28 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3 Pro leads 66.4 to 29.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Gemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index54.831.3
Released2025-11-18—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked6715

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 51.6 (#39), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding14811093
SWE-bench Verified72.9%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1440—
SWE-bench Multilingual68.7%—
GSO18.6%—
WeirdML69.9%—
ALE-Bench1,177—
AlgoTune1.83—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Pro: 40.6 (#23), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Terminal-Bench69.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard72.5%—
GDPval40.3%—
Remote Labor Index1.3%—
τ²-bench Airline80.5%—
τ²-bench Banking18%—
τ²-bench Retail75.9%—
τ²-bench Telecom91%—
DeepResearch Bench46.3%—
BALROG58.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons71%—
Vending-Bench 25,478—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 52.5 (#31), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts14801087
ARC-AGI-231.1%—
SimpleBench76.4%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark80.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)94.4%—
ARC-AGI-175%—
CritPt6.9%—
Chess Puzzles31%—
EnigmaEval18.2%—
Epoch Capabilities Index152.92—
ForecastBench61.2—

Math Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 49.9 (#59), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math14761152
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202591.4%—
ProofBench20%—
Omni-MATH55.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)37.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)18.8%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 64.4 (#16), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert14751051
GPQA Diamond92.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam37.5%—
MMLU-Pro90.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.6%—
GPQA (HELM)80.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Pro: 57.6 (#2), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1305—
GeoBench84%—
VPCT91%—
LMArena Document1434—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 56.9 (#16), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English14741013
LMArena Chinese15231033
LMArena German15151031
LMArena Japanese1510954
LMArena Korean1448880
LMArena Russian14931019
LMArena French1492—
LMArena Spanish1470—

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 76.3 (#45), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following14581058
IFEval87.7%—

Long Context Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 44.0 (#79), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query14711042
CL-bench15.8%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Pro leads

Gemini 3 Pro: 66.4 (#35), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text14791080
LMArena Creative Writing14821045
LMArena Multi-Turn14841049
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1525—
WildBench85.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Pro better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Gemini 3 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Pro or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Gemini 3 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Pro has 67 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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