Model comparison
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.4 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 40.8 to 32.9.
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 3 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 42.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1130 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | 2% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1127 |
Math Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1173 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1108 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1108 |
| LMArena French | — | 1110 |
| LMArena German | — | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1095 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1113 |
Long Context Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)
| Benchmark | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1107 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1088 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (33.4 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Nova 2.0 Pro Preview or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Nova 2.0 Pro Preview and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.