Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.1 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic

41.0

Rank #142 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Claude Opus 4.1 leads 62.4 to 29.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.1 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Claude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderAnthropicMicrosoft
Noometry Index41.031.3
Released2025-08-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output32K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$75—
Results tracked4815

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.4 (#73), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding14791093
SWE-bench Verified73.3%—
LMArena WebDev1390—
WeirdML45.9%—
ALE-Bench674.77—
AlgoTune1.34—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 35.0 (#41), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Terminal-Bench38%—
GDPval43.6%—
Cybench42%—
DeepResearch Bench48.3%—
LMArena Search1148—
METR Time Horizons66.8%—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 32.2 (#76), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts14431087
SimpleBench60%—
Chess Puzzles7%—
EnigmaEval7.2%—
EBR-Bench7.9%—
Mystery Game Puzzles21%—
DTBench80%—
LMCA37.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index144.12—
ForecastBench62—

Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 22.3 (#277), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math14311152
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)12.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 42.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202568.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)7.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 42.0 (#101), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert14391051
GPQA Diamond77.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam11.5%—
Confabulations17.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate11.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.1: 26.8 (#119), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
VPCT35%—

Multilingual Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 52.0 (#95), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English14051013
LMArena Chinese14271033
LMArena German14131031
LMArena Japanese1378954
LMArena Korean1380880
LMArena Russian14221019
LMArena French1431—
LMArena Spanish1448—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 75.6 (#58), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following14351058

Long Context Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 44.5 (#63), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query14551042

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.1 leads

Claude Opus 4.1: 62.4 (#74), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text14191080
LMArena Creative Writing14121045
LMArena Multi-Turn14441049
Short-Story Creative Writing84.7%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.1 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Claude Opus 4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.0 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 4.1 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.4 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.1 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.1 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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