Model comparison

GPT-5.1 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.1 OpenAI

49.0

Rank #53 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.1 leads 64.5 to 29.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.1 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
GPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index49.031.3
Released2025-11-13—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked6315

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 46.4 (#66), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding14541093
SWE-bench Verified68%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)66%—
LMArena WebDev1395—
SciCode43.3%—
GSO13.7%—
WeirdML60.8%—
LiveBench Coding72.5%—
ALE-Bench1,192—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 32.7 (#60), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Terminal-Bench47.6%—
DeepResearch Bench42.8%—
LMArena Search1199—
Vending-Bench 21,473—

Reasoning GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 39.8 (#58), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts14571087
ARC-AGI-217.6%—
SimpleBench53.2%—
ARC-AGI-172.8%—
CritPt4.9%—
Chess Puzzles32%—
EnigmaEval11.2%—
LiveBench Reasoning95.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench90.1%—
LiveBench Data Analysis72.1%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index149.64—
ForecastBench58.1—
LiveBench78.8%—

Math GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 52.2 (#51), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math14471152
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.6%—
Omni-MATH46.4%—
LiveBench Math94.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)31%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)12.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 50.6 (#71), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert14701051
GPQA Diamond87.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam23.7%—
SimpleQA Verified48%—
MMLU-Pro57.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.9%—
GPQA (HELM)44.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.1: 44.8 (#19), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1250—
VPCT58.7%—
LMArena Document1403—

Multilingual GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 53.8 (#56), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English14311013
LMArena Chinese14951033
LMArena German14381031
LMArena Japanese1453954
LMArena Korean1401880
LMArena Russian14351019
LMArena French1450—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 83.9 (#1), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following14431058
LiveBench Instruction Following93.3%—
IFEval93.5%—

Long Context GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query14471042
CL-bench23.7%—
CL-bench Life17.3%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.1 leads

GPT-5.1: 64.5 (#55), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.1Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text14431080
LMArena Creative Writing14271045
LMArena Multi-Turn14501049
WildBench86.3%—
LiveBench Language80.2%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.1 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.0 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.1 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

GPT-5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.4 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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