Model comparison

GPT-5.3 Chat vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

GPT-5.3 Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.3 Chat OpenAI

42.8

Rank #109 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.3 Chat scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.3 Chat leads 63.1 to 27.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.3 Chat and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-5.3 ChatPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index42.827.9
Released2026-03-032024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window128K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked1835

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.3 Chat leads

GPT-5.3 Chat: 41.4 (#124), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 ChatPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding14081093
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning GPT-5.3 Chat leads

GPT-5.3 Chat: 28.5 (#102), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 ChatPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13991072
Chess Puzzles—0%
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
HellaSwag—76.7%
LiveBench—22.4%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math GPT-5.3 Chat leads

GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.2 (#142), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 ChatPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Math13891111
LiveBench Math—15.7%

Knowledge GPT-5.3 Chat leads

GPT-5.3 Chat: 38.8 (#140), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 ChatPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert13971045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual GPT-5.3 Chat leads

GPT-5.3 Chat: 50.3 (#124), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 ChatPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13821021
LMArena Chinese14321021
LMArena French13971076
LMArena German13841044
LMArena Japanese1352935
LMArena Korean1346905
LMArena Russian14001022
LMArena Spanish13711085

Instruction Following GPT-5.3 Chat leads

GPT-5.3 Chat: 72.8 (#129), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 ChatPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13781053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context GPT-5.3 Chat leads

GPT-5.3 Chat: 42.6 (#120), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 ChatPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13961044

Writing & Preference GPT-5.3 Chat leads

GPT-5.3 Chat: 63.1 (#68), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 ChatPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13891073
LMArena Creative Writing13551037
LMArena Multi-Turn14121018
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1690—
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.3 Chat better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

GPT-5.3 Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.3 Chat or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.3 Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.3 Chat and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.3 Chat has 18 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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