Model comparison

GPT-5.2 Pro vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI

52.3

Rank #39 Reported

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.2 Pro leads 65.3 to 27.6.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
GPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index52.329.3
Released2025-12-112024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$21—
Output $ / M tokens$168—
Results tracked832

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
LMArena Coding—1101

Reasoning GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 51.5 (#33), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ARC-AGI-254.2%—
SimpleBench57.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1100
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.4—
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math GPT-5.2 Pro leads

GPT-5.2 Pro: 65.3 (#29), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)74%—
FrontierMath Tier 446%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%
LMArena Math—1151
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)31.3%—

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert—1067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1058
LMArena Chinese—1061
LMArena French—1135
LMArena German—1080
LMArena Japanese—966
LMArena Korean—894
LMArena Russian—1111
LMArena Spanish—1111

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%
LMArena Instruction Following—1087

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1088

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.2 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text—1110
LMArena Creative Writing—1083
LMArena Multi-Turn—1068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 Pro better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

GPT-5.2 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 Pro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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