Model comparison
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 33.4 to 15.3.
Side by side
| Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.32 | — |
| Results tracked | 43 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 31.0 (#290), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)
| Benchmark | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1268 | 1130 |
| SciCode | 26% | — |
| WeirdML | 14.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 25.8 (#105), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 31.9% | — |
| BALROG | 23% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 14.1 (#327), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)
| Benchmark | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1127 |
| SimpleBench | 19.9% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.8% | — |
| DTBench | 59.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 49.5% | — |
| LMCA | 17.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.33 | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.6 | — |
| LiveBench | 50.2% | — |
Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 15.3 (#298), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1267 | 1173 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 5.1% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 42.2% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 41.6% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 30.6 (#226), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)
| Benchmark | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1225 | 1108 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.4% | — |
| Confabulations | 22.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.1% | — |
| MMLU | 86.3% | — |
Multilingual Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct leads
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 39.9 (#220), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)
| Benchmark | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1236 | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1217 | 1108 |
| LMArena French | 1281 | 1110 |
| LMArena German | 1251 | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | 1143 | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | 1252 | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1270 | 1095 |
Instruction Following Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct leads
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 71.1 (#157), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)
| Benchmark | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1242 | 1113 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 82.7% | — |
Long Context Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 26.4 (#295), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1256 | 1120 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 33.3% | — |
Writing & Preference Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct leads
Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct: 47.6 (#207), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)
| Benchmark | Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1274 | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1250 | 1107 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1280 | 1088 |
| LiveBench Language | 39.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 31.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct has 43 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.