Gemini 3 Flash vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct Comparison

Comparing Gemini 3 Flash and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Gemini 3 Flash outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMMLU), while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash significantly outperforms across most 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 3 Flash
Input tokens$0.50
Output tokens$3.00
Best providerGoogle
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3 Flash specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Gemini 3 Flash specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3 Flash
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 3 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct does not.

Gemini 3 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3 Flash 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 3 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3 Flash was released on 2025-12-17, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Gemini 3 Flash is 16 months newer than Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct.

Gemini 3 Flash

Dec 17, 2025

2 months ago

1.3yr newer
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3 Flash's training data extends to 2025-01-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date.

Gemini 3 Flash

Jan 2025

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (1,000,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (90.4% vs 36.8%)
Higher MMMLU score (91.8% vs 69.9%)
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemini 3 Flash
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct