Model comparison

GPT-4 vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4 OpenAI

29.1

Rank #316 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 33.4 to 10.8.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4 and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index29.133.0
Released2023-03-14—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window8K—
Max output8K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$60—
Results tracked3817

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Category by category

Coding Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

GPT-4: 31.6 (#283), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding12541130
WeirdML12.4%—
BigCodeBench Instruct46%—
BigCodeBench Complete57.2%—
HumanEval+79.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
METR Time Horizons36.1%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

GPT-4: 17.8 (#289), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12411127
Chess Puzzles4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench62.7%—
LMCA17.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard75.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index125.89—
ForecastBench57.8—
HellaSwag95.3%—
WinoGrande87.5%—

Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

GPT-4: 10.8 (#309), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math12691173
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
MATH Level 523%—
GSM8K92%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

GPT-4: 18.4 (#282), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert12111108
GPQA Diamond35.7%—
MMLU86.4%—
TriviaQA84.8%—

Multilingual GPT-4 leads

GPT-4: 40.6 (#215), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12461094
LMArena Chinese12421108
LMArena French12831110
LMArena German12511101
LMArena Japanese12091042
LMArena Korean1184954
LMArena Russian12511145
LMArena Spanish12611095

Instruction Following GPT-4 leads

GPT-4: 65.3 (#222), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12411113

Long Context GPT-4 leads

GPT-4: 37.7 (#212), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12441120

Writing & Preference Too close to call

GPT-4: 34.9 (#268), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text12631138
LMArena Creative Writing12441107
LMArena Multi-Turn12571088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing752—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4 better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4 or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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