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Gemma 2 9B vs Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct
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Winner summary
Gemma 2 9B wins on 3/6 benchmarks
Gemma 2 9B wins 3 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in general · knowledge · language.
Category leads
general·Gemma 2 9Bknowledge·Gemma 2 9Blanguage·Gemma 2 9Bmath·Phi 3.5 Mini Instructreasoning·Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Gemma 2 9B
#165 by perf·no signal
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct
#194 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Google DeepMind
$4.00T·Tier 1
Microsoft
$3.00T·Big Tech
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Gemma 2 9BPhi 3.5 Mini Instruct
BBH (HuggingFace)
Gemma 2 9B leads by +5.4
Gemma 2 9B
42.1
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct
36.8
GPQA
Gemma 2 9B leads by +2.8
Gemma 2 9B
14.8
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct
12.0
IFEval
Gemma 2 9B leads by +16.6
Gemma 2 9B
74.4
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct
57.8
MATH Level 5
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct leads by +0.2
Gemma 2 9B
19.5
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct
19.6
MMLU-PRO
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct leads by +1.0
Gemma 2 9B
31.9
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct
32.9
MUSR
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct leads by +0.4
Gemma 2 9B
9.7
Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct
10.1
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Phi 3.5 Mini Instruct |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 42.1 | 36.8 |
GPQA | 14.8 | 12.0 |
IFEval | 74.4 | 57.8 |
MATH Level 5 | 19.5 | 19.6 |
MMLU-PRO | 31.9 | 32.9 |
MUSR | 9.7 | 10.1 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.03 | $0.09 | 8K tokens (~4 books) | $0.45 | |
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