Model Comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro), while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MATH).

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Input tokens$0.07
Output tokens$0.30
Best providerGoogle
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

52.0B diff

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct has 52.0B more parameters than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B, making it 650.0% larger.

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
8.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
60.0Bparameters
8.0B
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
60.0B
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is 5 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.1 years ago

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

5mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's training data extends to 2024-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Larger context window (1,048,576 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (38.4% vs 36.8%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (58.7% vs 45.3%)
Microsoft
Has open weights
Higher MATH score (59.5% vs 58.7%)
GoogleGemini 1.5 Flash 8B
MicrosoftPhi-3.5-MoE-instruct
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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Google
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is made by Google and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores XSTest: 92.6%, FLEURS: 86.4%, Natural2Code: 75.5%, WMT23: 72.6%, Video-MME: 66.2%. Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct scores ARC-C: 91.0%, OpenBookQA: 89.6%, GSM8k: 88.7%, PIQA: 88.6%, RULER: 87.1%.
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports 1.0M tokens and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is developed by Google and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is developed by Microsoft.