Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

Gemma 2 2b IT and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.1 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 4 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index33.133.0
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WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked1717

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding11121130

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts11131127

Math Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math11351173

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert10961108

Multilingual Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English11211094
LMArena Chinese11321108
LMArena French11571110
LMArena German11141101
LMArena Japanese10831042
LMArena Korean1055954
LMArena Russian11181145
LMArena Spanish11401095

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11181113

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query11301120

Writing & Preference Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text11561138
LMArena Creative Writing11471107
LMArena Multi-Turn11181088

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Gemma 2 2b IT and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.1 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (32.3 vs 32.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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