Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 65.3 to 26.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index52.327.9
Released2025-12-112024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$21—
Output $ / M tokens$168—
Results tracked835

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
LMArena Coding—1093
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ARC-AGI-254.2%—
SimpleBench57.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1072
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.4—
HellaSwag—76.7%
LiveBench—22.4%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74%—
FrontierMath Tier 446%—
LiveBench Math—15.7%
LMArena Math—1111
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)31.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert—1045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1021
LMArena Chinese—1021
LMArena French—1076
LMArena German—1044
LMArena Japanese—935
LMArena Korean—905
LMArena Russian—1022
LMArena Spanish—1085

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%
LMArena Instruction Following—1053

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1044

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text—1073
LMArena Creative Writing—1037
LMArena Multi-Turn—1018
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

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

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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