Model comparison

GPT-4.1 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

GPT-4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4.1 OpenAI

35.9

Rank #219 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.1 leads 57.6 to 29.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4.1 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
GPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index35.931.3
Released2025-04-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output33K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$8—
Results tracked5215

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 34.4 (#238), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding13911093
SWE-bench Verified48.5%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)39.6%—
Aider Polyglot52.4%—
WeirdML39%—
CadEval42%—
ALE-Bench558.1—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4.1: 34.7 (#43), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard54%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

GPT-4.1: 11.7 (#339), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts13841087
ARC-AGI-20.4%—
SimpleBench27%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
ARC-AGI-15.5%—
Chess Puzzles6%—
EnigmaEval2.2%—
DTBench68.3%—
LMCA25.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index136.78—
ForecastBench61.5—

Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

GPT-4.1: 22.3 (#280), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math13701152
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202538.3%—
Omni-MATH47.1%—
MATH Level 583%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)5.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)0%—

Knowledge GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 37.1 (#160), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert13641051
GPQA Diamond66.9%—
Humanity's Last Exam5.4%—
SimpleQA Verified31.1%—
MMLU-Pro81.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.6%—
GPQA (HELM)65.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4.1: 38.2 (#67), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1211—
GeoBench72%—

Multilingual GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 49.4 (#133), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English13701013
LMArena Chinese13821033
LMArena German13811031
LMArena Japanese1319954
LMArena Korean1339880
LMArena Russian13771019
LMArena French1382—
LMArena Spanish1376—

Instruction Following GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 71.3 (#153), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following13671058
IFEval83.8%—

Long Context GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 40.0 (#163), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query13851042
Fiction.LiveBench63.9%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4.1 leads

GPT-4.1: 57.6 (#125), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text13831080
LMArena Creative Writing13631045
LMArena Multi-Turn13981049
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1420—
WildBench85.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4.1 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

GPT-4.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4.1 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

GPT-4.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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