Model comparison

Palm 2 vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Palm 2 Google

29.4

Rank #296 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.1

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Palm 2 scores higher in 2 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 5 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 25.4 to 21.1.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
Palm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderGoogleMicrosoft
Noometry Index29.429.1
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1019

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Palm 2: 28.5 (#306), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Coding9951040
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Reasoning Too close to call

Palm 2: 18.2 (#270), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts10051028

Math Too close to call

Palm 2: 28.4 (#229), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math10491089

Knowledge Not comparable

Palm 2: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert—984

Multilingual Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Palm 2: 21.1 (#290), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English9161000
LMArena Chinese8871016
LMArena French—1038
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Russian—1004
LMArena Spanish—1058

Instruction Following Too close to call

Palm 2: 51.3 (#291), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following10101023

Long Context Too close to call

Palm 2: 30.7 (#280), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1010996

Writing & Preference Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Palm 2: 25.7 (#299), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPalm 2Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text10271050
LMArena Creative Writing9911024
LMArena Multi-Turn994989

Frequently asked questions

Is Palm 2 better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 29.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is Palm 2 or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (28.5 vs 28.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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