Gemini 3.8 Flash (Medium) vs Phi-4 Mini Instruct

Gemini 3.8 Flash (Medium) vs Phi-4 Mini Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
39.80
Total cost
$1100
MicrosoftPhi-4 Mini InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.30
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 3.8 Flash (Medium)Phi-4 Mini InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)39.86.3−84.2% Phi-4 Mini Instruct is 84.2% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,100.06Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)Not reported11.81s— not comparable
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.75 / $3.75$0.07 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText
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