The AI arena is free today

Open Superagent

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads the LLM Stats Score 29.8 to 1.9.

Google · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads the overall LLM Stats Score 29.8 to 1.9, ranking #127 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

  • overall performance matters — it scores 29.8 and ranks #127 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jul 2026

Choose Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Google
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
29.8
#127
1.9
#321
Reasoning
25.8
#152
1.4
#314
Coding
15.7
#132
-3.8
#257
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Output price
$2.50 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
—

Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite · 31 for Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Phi-3.5-MoE-instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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 3.5 Flash-Lite

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite was released on 2026-07-21, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is 23 months newer than Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Jul 21, 2026

2 months ago

1.9yr newer
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-03-31, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite's training data extends to 2026-03-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite

Mar 2026

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

—

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?Start an Issue discussion→

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite
✓ Preferred
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct.

Which is better, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite leads the LLM Stats Score 29.8 to 1.9. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is made by Google and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite compare to Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct in benchmarks?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite scores CharXiv-R: 76.5%, OSWorld-Verified: 74.0%, SWE-Bench Pro: 54.2%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 54.0%, MLE-Bench: 39.2%. Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct scores ARC-C: 91.0%, OpenBookQA: 89.6%, GSM8k: 88.7%, PIQA: 88.6%, RULER: 87.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite 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.

What are the main differences between Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (29.8 vs 1.9), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is developed by Google and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is developed by Microsoft.

Related comparisons