Model comparison

GPT-5.1-Codex vs phi-3-medium 14B

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1-Codex OpenAI

38.2

Rank #178 Reported

phi-3-medium 14B Microsoft

29.1

Rank #306 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.1-Codex leads 41.7 to 36.3.
  • phi-3-medium 14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1-Codex and phi-3-medium 14B specifications
GPT-5.1-Codexphi-3-medium 14B
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index38.229.1
Released2025-11-122024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked613

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 41.7 (#107), phi-3-medium 14B: 36.3 (#198)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-Codexphi-3-medium 14B
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1337—
BigCodeBench Instruct—37.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—48.7%
ALE-Bench1,245—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: 37.8 (#32), phi-3-medium 14B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-Codexphi-3-medium 14B
Terminal-Bench60.4%—
METR Time Horizons70.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, phi-3-medium 14B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-Codexphi-3-medium 14B
Adversarial NLI—55.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—81.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—121.18
HellaSwag—82.4%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math GPT-5.1-Codex leads

GPT-5.1-Codex: 29.3 (#218), phi-3-medium 14B: 25.2 (#249)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-Codexphi-3-medium 14B
ProofBench9%—
MATH Level 5—17.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.1-Codex: —, phi-3-medium 14B: 9.1 (#301)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1-Codexphi-3-medium 14B
GPQA Diamond—27.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge—91.6%
MMLU—78%
OpenBookQA—87.4%
TriviaQA—73.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1-Codex better than phi-3-medium 14B?

GPT-5.1-Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1-Codex or phi-3-medium 14B better for coding?

GPT-5.1-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.7 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1-Codex and phi-3-medium 14B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1-Codex has 6 scored results on Noometry and phi-3-medium 14B has 13.

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