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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -4.3.

Google · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -4.3, ranking #2 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.0 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 4 Carbon
Google
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.0
#2
-4.3
#383
Reasoning
54.9
#5
-5.2
#379
Coding
48.1
#3
-6.9
#295
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 31 for Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon and Phi-3.5-mini-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 Phi-3.5-mini-instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Phi-3.5-mini-instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Google
Gemini 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Fri Oct 30 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 4 Carbon supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi-3.5-mini-instruct does not.

Gemini 4 Carbon can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi-3.5-mini-instruct uses MIT.

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

Gemini 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while Phi-3.5-mini-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 27 months newer than Phi-3.5-mini-instruct.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

1 days ago

2.2yr newer
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

2.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Carbon and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs Phi-3.5-mini-instruct.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or Phi-3.5-mini-instruct?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -4.3. Gemini 4 Carbon is made by Google and Phi-3.5-mini-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 4 Carbon compare to Phi-3.5-mini-instruct in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%. Phi-3.5-mini-instruct scores GSM8k: 86.2%, ARC-C: 84.6%, RULER: 84.1%, PIQA: 81.0%, OpenBookQA: 79.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 4 Carbon and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct?

Gemini 4 Carbon supports an unknown number of tokens and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 4 Carbon and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.0 vs -4.3), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Carbon and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is developed by Microsoft.

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