Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 65.3 to 33.4.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Pro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index52.333.0
Released2025-12-11—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$21—
Output $ / M tokens$168—
Results tracked817

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding—1130

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ARC-AGI-254.2%—
SimpleBench57.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1127
Epoch Capabilities Index155.4—

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74%—
FrontierMath Tier 446%—
LMArena Math—1173
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)31.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert—1108

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1094
LMArena Chinese—1108
LMArena French—1110
LMArena German—1101
LMArena Japanese—1042
LMArena Korean—954
LMArena Russian—1145
LMArena Spanish—1095

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1113

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1120

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text—1138
LMArena Creative Writing—1107
LMArena Multi-Turn—1088

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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