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