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Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct vs Phi 2
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Winner summary
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct wins on 4/6 benchmarks
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct wins 4 of 6 shared benchmarks. Leads in general · language · math.
Category leads
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Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
#113 by perf·no signal
Phi 2
#183 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Microsoft
$3.00T·Big Tech
Head to head
6 benchmarks · 2 models
Meta Llama 3 8B InstructPhi 2
BBH (HuggingFace)
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +0.2
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
28.2
Phi 2
28.0
GPQA
Phi 2 leads by +1.7
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.2
Phi 2
2.9
IFEval
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +46.7
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
74.1
Phi 2
27.4
MATH Level 5
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +5.7
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
8.7
Phi 2
3.0
MMLU-PRO
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +11.5
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
29.6
Phi 2
18.1
MUSR
Phi 2 leads by +12.2
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.6
Phi 2
13.8
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct | Phi 2 |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 28.2 | 28.0 |
GPQA | 1.2 | 2.9 |
IFEval | 74.1 | 27.4 |
MATH Level 5 | 8.7 | 3.0 |
MMLU-PRO | 29.6 | 18.1 |
MUSR | 1.6 | 13.8 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct | — | — | — | — |
| Phi 2 | — | — | — | — |