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North Micro Vision Instruct vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

North Micro Vision Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct are closely matched at -5.1 and -3.4 on the LLM Stats Score.

Cohere · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

North Micro Vision Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -5.1 and -3.4.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Phi-3.5-vision-instruct wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose North Micro Vision Instruct

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

North Micro Vision Instruct
Cohere
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-5.1
#361
-3.4
#350
Reasoning
-7.8
#361
-4.8
#350
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 2
2 of 2
Input price
— / M
— / M
Output price
— / M
— / M
Context window
—
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
North Micro Vision Instruct
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Vision
-5.0#204
-3.6#199
Multimodal
-3.2#167
-1.1#161
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

19 reported for North Micro Vision Instruct · 9 for Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

2 shared

North Micro Vision Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (AI2D, ChartQA).

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Wed Sep 23 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

1.8B diff

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct has 1.8B more parameters than North Micro Vision Instruct, making it 75.0% larger.

Cohere
North Micro Vision Instruct
2.4Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
4.2Bparameters
2.4B
North Micro Vision Instruct
4.2B
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both North Micro Vision Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

North Micro Vision Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

North Micro Vision Instruct is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct uses MIT.

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

North Micro Vision Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

North Micro Vision Instruct was released on 2026-08-12, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

North Micro Vision Instruct is 24 months newer than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

North Micro Vision Instruct

Aug 12, 2026

1 months ago

2.0yr newer
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

2.1 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

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against North Micro Vision Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about North Micro Vision Instruct vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Which is better, North Micro Vision Instruct or Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

North Micro Vision Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at -5.1 and -3.4. North Micro Vision Instruct is made by Cohere and Phi-3.5-vision-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 North Micro Vision Instruct compare to Phi-3.5-vision-instruct in benchmarks?

North Micro Vision Instruct scores DocVQA: 92.1%, ChartQA: 80.8%, OCRBench: 79.2%, AI2D: 77.5%, IFEval: 74.9%. Phi-3.5-vision-instruct scores ScienceQA: 91.3%, POPE: 86.1%, MMBench: 81.9%, ChartQA: 81.8%, AI2D: 78.1%.

What are the main differences between North Micro Vision Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-5.1 vs -3.4), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes North Micro Vision Instruct and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct?

North Micro Vision Instruct is developed by Cohere and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is developed by Microsoft.

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