Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct leads with 1.8% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.2 11B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Llama 3.2 11B Instruct is available on 6 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Meta
Llama 3.2 11B was introduced as a mid-sized variant in the Llama 3.2 family, designed to offer enhanced capabilities while maintaining efficiency. Built to provide a balanced option for applications requiring more than lightweight models but less than flagship sizes, it serves diverse use cases in the open-source community.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 MoE was created using a mixture-of-experts architecture, designed to provide enhanced capabilities while maintaining efficiency through sparse activation. Built to combine the benefits of larger models with practical computational requirements, it represents Microsoft's exploration of efficient scaling techniques.
1 month newer

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Meta
2024-09-25
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct
Bedrock
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Sambanova

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Llama 3.2 11B Instruct

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Together

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