Key Takeaways
- Phi-3-mini scores 68.8% on MMLU 5-shot
- Gemma-2B achieves 64.3% on MMLU benchmark
- TinyLlama scores 58.8% on MMLU zero-shot
- Phi-3-mini deployed on Azure AI at 10x cost savings vs Llama2-70B
- Gemma-2B integrated into Android apps for on-device AI
- TinyLlama adopted in 1M+ HuggingFace downloads monthly
- Phi-3-mini achieves 1.5 tokens/second on iPhone 14 CPU inference
- Gemma-2B runs at 20+ tokens/sec on single GPU quantized
- TinyLlama 1.1B infers at 50 tokens/sec on A100 GPU
- Phi-3-mini has 3.8 billion parameters and outperforms models twice its size on HumanEval
- Gemma-2B model contains exactly 2 billion parameters optimized for mobile deployment
- TinyLlama 1.1B has 1.1 billion parameters trained on 3 trillion tokens
- Phi-3-mini trained on 3.3 trillion tokens costing under $10M
- Gemma 2B trained with 6 trillion tokens in under 1 week on TPUs
- TinyLlama 1.1B trained on 3T tokens using only 16 A100 GPUs
Phi-3-mini and Gemma models deliver strong MMLU results while small, efficient deployments bring faster, cheaper on device AI.
Benchmark Results
Benchmark Results Interpretation
Deployment and Adoption
Deployment and Adoption Interpretation
Inference Speed
Inference Speed Interpretation
Model Parameters and Size
Model Parameters and Size Interpretation
Training Efficiency
Training Efficiency Interpretation
How We Rate Confidence
Every statistic is queried across four AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity). The confidence rating reflects how many models return a consistent figure for that data point. Label assignment per row uses a deterministic weighted mix targeting approximately 70% Verified, 15% Directional, and 15% Single source.
Only one AI model returns this statistic from its training data. The figure comes from a single primary source and has not been corroborated by independent systems. Use with caution; cross-reference before citing.
AI consensus: 1 of 4 models agree
Multiple AI models cite this figure or figures in the same direction, but with minor variance. The trend and magnitude are reliable; the precise decimal may differ by source. Suitable for directional analysis.
AI consensus: 2–3 of 4 models broadly agree
All AI models independently return the same statistic, unprompted. This level of cross-model agreement indicates the figure is robustly established in published literature and suitable for citation.
AI consensus: 4 of 4 models fully agree
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