Model comparison

GPT-4o mini vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 25.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o mini OpenAI

25.4

Rank #337 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o mini scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 30.4 to 9.9.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4o mini and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
GPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index25.430.7
Released2024-07-18—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked6015

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Category by category

Coding Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

GPT-4o mini: 21.6 (#330), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding12901093
Aider Polyglot3.6%—
WeirdML11.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct46.1%—
LiveBench Coding43.1%—
BigCodeBench Complete57.4%—
HumanEval+83.5%—
MBPP+72.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4o mini: 27.2 (#95), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
BALROG17.4%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

GPT-4o mini: 8.7 (#343), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts12671088
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench10.7%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark28.8%—
Chess Puzzles0%—
LiveBench Reasoning32.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles12%—
DTBench54.4%—
LiveBench Data Analysis50%—
LMCA10.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index126.56—
LiveBench41.3%—
PIQA88.7%—

Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

GPT-4o mini: 9.9 (#307), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math12671152
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.9%—
Omni-MATH28%—
LiveBench Math36.3%—
MATH Level 552.6%—
GSM8K91.3%—

Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

GPT-4o mini: 17.7 (#279), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert12351051
GPQA Diamond37.7%—
SimpleQA Verified8.3%—
MMLU-Pro60.3%—
Confabulations37.2%—
GPQA (HELM)36.8%—
BoolQ88.7%—
MMLU81.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4o mini: 25.3 (#117), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1066—
Video-MME64.8%—
GeoBench64%—
VPCT34%—

Multilingual GPT-4o mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 42.2 (#194), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English12661013
LMArena Chinese12641033
LMArena German12721031
LMArena Japanese1216954
LMArena Korean1195880
LMArena Russian12751019
LMArena French1296—
LMArena Spanish1276—

Instruction Following GPT-4o mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 62.1 (#234), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following12591058
LiveBench Instruction Following56.8%—
IFEval78.2%—

Long Context GPT-4o mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 39.1 (#181), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query12891042

Writing & Preference GPT-4o mini leads

GPT-4o mini: 39.7 (#243), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4o miniPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text12861080
LMArena Creative Writing12681045
LMArena Multi-Turn12851049
Short-Story Creative Writing67.2%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing873—
WildBench79.1%—
LiveBench Language28.6%—

Frequently asked questions

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

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 25.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 21.6 in the Noometry coding category.

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

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o mini has 60 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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