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Claude Instant vs phi-3-small 7.4B
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Winner summary
phi-3-small 7.4B wins on 2/3 benchmarks
phi-3-small 7.4B wins 2 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge.
Category leads
knowledge·phi-3-small 7.4B
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Claude Instant
#5 by perf·#10 by attention
phi-3-small 7.4B
#23 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Microsoft
$3.00T·Big Tech
Head to head
3 benchmarks · 2 models
Claude Instantphi-3-small 7.4B
ARC AI2
phi-3-small 7.4B leads by +5.9
AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval.
Claude Instant
81.7
phi-3-small 7.4B
87.6
MMLU
phi-3-small 7.4B leads by +3.1
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
Claude Instant
64.5
phi-3-small 7.4B
67.6
TriviaQA
Claude Instant leads by +20.8
TriviaQA · reading comprehension benchmark with trivia questions, requiring models to find and reason over evidence from provided documents.
Claude Instant
78.9
phi-3-small 7.4B
58.1
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Claude Instant | phi-3-small 7.4B |
|---|---|---|
ARC AI2 AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval. | 81.7 | 87.6 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 64.5 | 67.6 |
TriviaQA TriviaQA · reading comprehension benchmark with trivia questions, requiring models to find and reason over evidence from provided documents. | 78.9 | 58.1 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Instant | — | — | — | — |
| phi-3-small 7.4B | — | — | — | — |
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