Model comparison

Claude Opus 4.8 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Claude Opus 4.8 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.7 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic

60.7

Rank #9 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude Opus 4.8 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Claude Opus 4.8 leads 78.2 to 30.4.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Claude Opus 4.8 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Claude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderAnthropicMicrosoft
Noometry Index60.730.7
Released2026-05-28—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$5—
Output $ / M tokens$25—
Results tracked6515

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Category by category

Coding Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 60.2 (#9), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding14911093
DeepSWE59%—
FrontierCode46.5%—
LMArena WebDev1556—
SciCode53.5%—
GSO47.1%—
WeirdML82.9%—
ALE-Bench1,564—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.8: 47.6 (#10), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
APEX-Agents48.9%—
OSWorld 2.020.6%—
Remote Labor Index8.3%—
τ²-bench Banking39.7%—
DeepResearch Bench50.2%—
PostTrainBench33.8%—
GBAEval70.9%—
GDP.pdf24%—
LMArena Search1204—
Vending-Bench 25,787—

Reasoning Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 64.6 (#14), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts14811088
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench64.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark88.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.1%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt20.9%—
Chess Puzzles34%—
EnigmaEval23.5%—
EBR-Bench28.6%—
Mystery Game Puzzles36%—
DTBench94.9%—
LMCA57.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench87.5%—
Bench to the Future 30.14—
Epoch Capabilities Index158.3—
ForecastBench59.9—

Math Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 78.2 (#11), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math14871152
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)80%—
FrontierMath Tier 456.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions91.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.3%—
ProofBench69%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)47.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)31.3%—

Knowledge Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 61.3 (#26), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert15011051
GPQA Diamond91%—
SimpleQA Verified53%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Claude Opus 4.8: 43.2 (#20), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1295—
Blueprint-Bench 214.5%—
Furniture Assembly42.5%—
LMArena Document1475—

Multilingual Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 55.4 (#31), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English14501013
LMArena Chinese15091033
LMArena German14701031
LMArena Japanese1440954
LMArena Korean1432880
LMArena Russian14761019
LMArena French1482—
LMArena Spanish1470—

Instruction Following Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 77.6 (#22), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following14761058

Long Context Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 45.4 (#37), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query14821042

Writing & Preference Claude Opus 4.8 leads

Claude Opus 4.8: 72.1 (#17), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkClaude Opus 4.8Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text14601080
LMArena Creative Writing14531045
LMArena Multi-Turn14761049
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41281—

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude Opus 4.8 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Claude Opus 4.8 is the stronger model overall, scoring 60.7 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Claude Opus 4.8 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Claude Opus 4.8 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.2 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Claude Opus 4.8 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Opus 4.8 has 65 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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