Model comparison

GPT-5.4 Pro vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.8

Rank #16 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

32.4

Rank #246 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 71.0 to 20.8.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 Pro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index58.832.4
Released2026-03-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1617

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 42.6 (#89), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
WeirdML57.4%—
LMArena Coding—1130

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 71.0 (#10), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ARC-AGI-283.3%—
SimpleBench74.1%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt30%—
Chess Puzzles58.6%—
EnigmaEval23.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1127
Epoch Capabilities Index159.12—

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.0 (#17), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%—
LMArena Math—1173
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)50%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)37.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#6), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
GPQA Diamond94.6%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.3%—
SimpleQA Verified46.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.3%—
LMArena Expert—1108

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1094
LMArena Chinese—1108
LMArena French—1109
LMArena German—1101
LMArena Japanese—1042
LMArena Korean—954
LMArena Russian—1145
LMArena Spanish—1095

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1114

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1120

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text—1138
LMArena Creative Writing—1106
LMArena Multi-Turn—1088

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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