# Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Phi-3.5-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Phi-3.5-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-2-5-flash-lite-vs-phi-3-5-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Phi-3.5-mini share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Phi-3.5-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Microsoft |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.10 / $0.40 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 31.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 69% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU | 72.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.6% | 30.4% | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite |
| SimpleQA | 10.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 69% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 47.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 55.4% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Phi-3.5-mini?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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