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Phi 2 vs XGen-7B
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Winner summary
Phi 2 wins on 3/5 benchmarks
Phi 2 wins 3 of 5 shared benchmarks. Leads in knowledge.
Category leads
knowledge·Phi 2
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Phi 2
#218 by perf·no signal
XGen-7B
#205 by perf·no signal
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Microsoft
$3.00T·Big Tech
U
Unknown
private · undisclosed
Head to head
5 benchmarks · 2 models
Phi 2XGen-7B
ARC AI2
Phi 2 leads by +46.3
AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval.
Phi 2
67.9
XGen-7B
21.6
HellaSwag
XGen-7B leads by +27.5
HellaSwag · tests commonsense reasoning by asking models to predict the most plausible continuation of everyday scenarios.
Phi 2
38.1
XGen-7B
65.6
MMLU
Phi 2 leads by +29.5
Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge.
Phi 2
44.5
XGen-7B
15.1
OpenBookQA
Phi 2 leads by +44.5
OpenBookQA · science questions that require combining a given core fact with broad common knowledge, mimicking an open-book exam setting.
Phi 2
64.8
XGen-7B
20.3
Winogrande
XGen-7B leads by +20.4
WinoGrande · large-scale commonsense reasoning benchmark where models must resolve ambiguous pronouns in carefully constructed sentence pairs.
Phi 2
9.4
XGen-7B
29.8
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Phi 2 | XGen-7B |
|---|---|---|
ARC AI2 AI2 Reasoning Challenge · tests grade-school level science knowledge with multiple-choice questions requiring reasoning beyond simple retrieval. | 67.9 | 21.6 |
HellaSwag HellaSwag · tests commonsense reasoning by asking models to predict the most plausible continuation of everyday scenarios. | 38.1 | 65.6 |
MMLU Massive Multitask Language Understanding · 57 subjects spanning STEM, humanities, social sciences, and more. The standard benchmark for broad knowledge. | 44.5 | 15.1 |
OpenBookQA OpenBookQA · science questions that require combining a given core fact with broad common knowledge, mimicking an open-book exam setting. | 64.8 | 20.3 |
Winogrande WinoGrande · large-scale commonsense reasoning benchmark where models must resolve ambiguous pronouns in carefully constructed sentence pairs. | 9.4 | 29.8 |