Model comparison

Llama 2-70B vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 24.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Llama 2-70B Meta

24.1

Rank #343 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.1

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-70B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 29.2 to 7.5.

Side by side

Llama 2-70B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
Llama 2-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index24.129.1
Released2023-07-182024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
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Results tracked3519

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Category by category

Coding Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 30.8 (#281), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Coding10791040
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 13.7 (#324), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10731028
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 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 7.5 (#320), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math10911089
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250%—
MATH Level 53.3%—
GSM8K69.6%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Llama 2-70B: 7.4 (#305), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert1039984
GPQA Diamond26.3%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge78.3%—
BoolQ88.6%—
MMLU69.9%—
OpenBookQA60.2%—
TriviaQA87.6%—

Multilingual Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 27.9 (#269), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English10451000
LMArena Chinese9941016
LMArena French10891038
LMArena German10411006
LMArena Japanese927899
LMArena Korean964856
LMArena Russian10831004
LMArena Spanish11421058

Instruction Following Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 55.1 (#273), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10711023

Long Context Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.2 (#265), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1062996

Writing & Preference Llama 2-70B leads

Llama 2-70B: 32.5 (#274), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 2-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text11151050
LMArena Creative Writing10751024
LMArena Multi-Turn1088989

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 2-70B better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.1 to 24.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 2-70B or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

Llama 2-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.8 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 2-70B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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