Gemini 1.5 Pro vs Phi-4

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Gemini 1.5 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 55 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 1.5 Pro gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 1.5 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Gemini 1.5 Pro

51.3

Phi-4

70.5

64
MMLU
84.8
64
GPQA
56.1
62
SuperGPQA
-
60
OpenBookQA
-
57
MMLU-Pro
-
1
HLE
-

Coding

Phi-4

Gemini 1.5 Pro

27.7

Phi-4

82.6

56
HumanEval
82.6
5
SWE-bench Verified
-
22
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Gemini 1.5 Pro
64
AIME 2023
-
66
AIME 2024
-
65
AIME 2025
-
60
HMMT Feb 2023
-
62
HMMT Feb 2024
-
61
HMMT Feb 2025
-
63
BRUMO 2025
-
73
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Gemini 1.5 Pro
62
SimpleQA
-
60
MuSR
-
74
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Gemini 1.5 Pro
77
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Phi-4

Gemini 1.5 Pro

76

Phi-4

80.6

76
MGSM
80.6

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 1.5 Pro or Phi-4?

Gemini 1.5 Pro is ahead overall, 55 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 56 and 82.6.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 1.5 Pro or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 51.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 1.5 Pro or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 27.7. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 1.5 Pro or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 76. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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