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Phi 2 vs StarCoder 2 15B
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Winner summary
StarCoder 2 15B wins on 5/9 benchmarks
StarCoder 2 15B wins 5 of 9 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge · language · math.
Category leads
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Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Phi 2
#183 by perf·no signal
StarCoder 2 15B
#202 by perf·no signal
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Who is behind the model
Microsoft
$3.00T·Big Tech
U
Unknown
private · undisclosed
Head to head
9 benchmarks · 2 models
Phi 2StarCoder 2 15B
ARC AI2
Phi 2 leads by +38.3
AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval.
Phi 2
67.9
StarCoder 2 15B
29.6
BBH (HuggingFace)
Phi 2 leads by +7.7
Phi 2
28.0
StarCoder 2 15B
20.4
GPQA
StarCoder 2 15B leads by +0.2
Phi 2
2.9
StarCoder 2 15B
3.1
IFEval
StarCoder 2 15B leads by +0.4
Phi 2
27.4
StarCoder 2 15B
27.8
MATH Level 5
StarCoder 2 15B leads by +3.0
Phi 2
3.0
StarCoder 2 15B
6.0
MMLU-PRO
Phi 2 leads by +3.1
Phi 2
18.1
StarCoder 2 15B
15.0
MUSR
Phi 2 leads by +10.9
Phi 2
13.8
StarCoder 2 15B
2.9
MMLU
StarCoder 2 15B leads by +7.6
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
Phi 2
44.5
StarCoder 2 15B
52.1
Winogrande
StarCoder 2 15B leads by +19.2
WinoGrande · large-scale commonsense reasoning benchmark where models must resolve ambiguous pronouns in carefully constructed sentence pairs.
Phi 2
9.4
StarCoder 2 15B
28.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Phi 2 | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
ARC AI2 AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval. | 67.9 | 29.6 |
BBH (HuggingFace) | 28.0 | 20.4 |
GPQA | 2.9 | 3.1 |
IFEval | 27.4 | 27.8 |
MATH Level 5 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
MMLU-PRO | 18.1 | 15.0 |
MUSR | 13.8 | 2.9 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 44.5 | 52.1 |
Winogrande WinoGrande · large-scale commonsense reasoning benchmark where models must resolve ambiguous pronouns in carefully constructed sentence pairs. | 9.4 | 28.6 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi 2 | — | — | — | — |
U StarCoder 2 15B | — | — | — | — |