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.

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.9

Rank #18 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

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 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index58.927.9
Released2026-03-052024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1635

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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)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
WeirdML57.4%—
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)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Chess Puzzles58.6%0%
ARC-AGI-283.3%—
SimpleBench74.1%—
ARC-AGI-194.5%—
CritPt30%—
EnigmaEval23.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1072
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index158.93—
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)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%—
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)

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

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 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-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 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)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1044

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 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-5.4 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.

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