Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Llama 3-70B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (28.5 vs 29.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B 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 12.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 43.6% for Llama 3-70B and 29.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 28.5 | 29.1 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 31 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.3 (#215), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | 29.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | 1040 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | 40.6% |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: 20.9 (#132), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 5% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 17.4 (#284), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1028 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | — |
| DTBench | 54.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.91 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 12.0 (#299), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1218 | 1089 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#272), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | 984 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multilingual Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.8 (#246), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1231 | 1038 |
| LMArena German | 1169 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | 1058 |
Instruction Following Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.8 (#233), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1023 |
Long Context Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#235), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | 996 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3-70B leads
Llama 3-70B: 43.0 (#225), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | 989 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Llama 3-70B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (28.5 vs 29.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Llama 3-70B or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
Llama 3-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.3 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.