Model comparison
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 29.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher in 3 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 19.6 to 14.8.
Side by side
| Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2024-04-23 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 19 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1039 | 1101 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1028 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1089 | 1151 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 984 | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1016 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1039 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1006 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 899 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 856 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1004 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1059 | 1111 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1023 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 996 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1050 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1024 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 989 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.7 vs 29.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (28.8 vs 27.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.