Verdict
phi-3-small 7.4B leads 3–1 across 4 shared benchmarks.
phi-3-small 7.4B 3 · Stable Beluga 2 1 · higher isn't always better — check the caveats below.
Reported scores — protocols may differ. How we compare
Vendor claims — compare against the measured scores above. A claim is what a developer says about its own model, not an independent measurement.
General
“Phi-3-Small-8K-Instruct is a 7B parameters, lightweight, state-of-the-art open model”
Reasoning
“Phi-3-Small-8K-Instruct showcased a robust and state-of-the-art performance among models of the same-size and next-size-up”
No vendor claims on file for Stable Beluga 2.
phi-3-small 7.4B leads 3–1 across 4 shared benchmarks. phi-3-small 7.4B leads 3 benchmarks and Stable Beluga 2 leads 1. Higher isn't always better — see the integrity caveats on each benchmark.
phi-3-small 7.4B and Stable Beluga 2 have 4 benchmarks in common in our data — those are the only rows where a direct, apples-to-apples comparison is drawn.
phi-3-small 7.4B leads reasoning 2–0.