Model comparison

Llama 2-70B vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 24.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.1

Rank #343 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

32.4

Rank #246 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 30.9 to 7.5.

Side by side

Llama 2-70B and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
Llama 2-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index24.132.4
Released2023-07-18—
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked3517

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Category by category

Coding Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 30.8 (#281), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding10791130

Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 13.7 (#324), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10731127
DTBench41.6%—
BIG-Bench Hard64.9%—
CommonsenseQA 2.050%—
Epoch Capabilities Index113.59—
ForecastBench51.4—
HellaSwag85.3%—
LAMBADA78.9%—
PIQA82.8%—
WinoGrande80.2%—

Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 7.5 (#320), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math10911173
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250%—
MATH Level 53.3%—
GSM8K69.6%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#305), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert10391108
GPQA Diamond26.3%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge78.3%—
BoolQ88.6%—
MMLU69.9%—
OpenBookQA60.2%—
TriviaQA87.6%—

Multilingual Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 27.9 (#269), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English10451094
LMArena Chinese9941108
LMArena French10891109
LMArena German10411101
LMArena Japanese9271042
LMArena Korean964954
LMArena Russian10831145
LMArena Spanish11421095

Instruction Following Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 55.1 (#273), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10711114

Long Context Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.2 (#265), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query10621120

Writing & Preference Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.5 (#274), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text11151138
LMArena Creative Writing10751106
LMArena Multi-Turn10881088

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-70B better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 24.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-70B or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.3 versus 30.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-70B and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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