Model comparison

GPT-4o vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

GPT-4o OpenAI

28.6

Rank #324 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4o scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4o leads 52.6 to 27.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 51.1% for GPT-4o and 29.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-4o and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
GPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index28.629.7
Released2024-05-132024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked7219

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Category by category

Coding Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

GPT-4o: 24.8 (#328), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct51.1%29.6%
LMArena Coding12971039
BigCodeBench Complete61.1%40.6%
SWE-bench Verified31%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)21.6%—
Aider Polyglot45.3%—
GSO0%—
WeirdML25.1%—
LiveBench Coding51.4%—
CadEval26%—
HumanEval+87.2%—
MBPP+72.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-4o: 21.0 (#141), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
GDPval9.9%—
TheAgentCompany8.6%—
Cybench12.5%—
BALROG32.3%—
LMArena Search1006—
METR Time Horizons40.8%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

GPT-4o: 9.4 (#343), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12811028
ARC-AGI-20%—
SimpleBench17.8%—
ARC-AGI-14.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles13%—
EnigmaEval0.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning55.8%—
DTBench64.5%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA16.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index128.97—
ForecastBench57.7—
LiveBench55.3%—

Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

GPT-4o: 10.6 (#312), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math12851089
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)0.4%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20256.4%—
Omni-MATH29.3%—
LiveBench Math49.5%—
MATH Level 553.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0.3%—

Knowledge GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 28.8 (#242), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert1250984
GPQA Diamond49.2%—
Humanity's Last Exam2.7%—
SimpleQA Verified26%—
MMLU-Pro71.3%—
Confabulations15.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate9.6%—
GPQA (HELM)52%—
MMLU88.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-4o: 34.5 (#91), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Vision1137—
Video-MME71.9%—
GeoBench71%—
VPCT40%—
ScienceQA88.5%—

Multilingual GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 43.2 (#186), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12831000
LMArena Chinese12771016
LMArena French13041039
LMArena German12821006
LMArena Japanese1257899
LMArena Korean1234856
LMArena Russian12861004
LMArena Spanish12921059

Instruction Following GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 66.6 (#207), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12781023
LiveBench Instruction Following68.6%—
IFEval81.7%—

Long Context GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 39.4 (#179), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1289996
Fiction.LiveBench66.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-4o leads

GPT-4o: 52.6 (#166), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-4oPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text13001050
LMArena Creative Writing12921024
LMArena Multi-Turn1302989
Short-Story Creative Writing81.8%—
WildBench82.8%—
LiveBench Language47.6%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-4o better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 28.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-4o or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 28.8 versus 24.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-4o and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4o has 72 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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