Model comparison
GPT-5.4 Pro vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 70.7 to 14.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 58.6% for GPT-5.4 Pro and 0% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 58.9 | 27.9 |
| Released | 2026-03-05 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $180 | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 43.2 (#90), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 57.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 15.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1093 |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 70.7 (#13), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 58.6% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 74.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | — |
| CritPt | 30% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 23.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 26.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1072 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 34.7% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 158.93 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| LiveBench | — | 22.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.4 (#22), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 82.5% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 58.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 15.7% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1111 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 50% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 37.5% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#7), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.6% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 44.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1045 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 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-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 39.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1053 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1044 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1018 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 9.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.9 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.2 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.