Model comparison
GPT-5.4 Pro vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 71.0 to 14.2.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 58.8 | 28.8 |
| 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 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 42.6 (#89), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.4 (#313)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 57.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1102 |
Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 71.0 (#10), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 83.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 74.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 94.5% | — |
| CritPt | 30% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 58.6% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 23.8% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1100 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 159.12 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads
GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.0 (#17), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 25.4 (#247)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 82.5% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 58.5% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1151 |
| 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 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#237)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.6% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 44.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 46.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.6 (#267)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1061 |
| LMArena French | — | 1134 |
| LMArena German | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 52.2 (#287)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1087 |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#262)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5.4 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.3 (#279)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.4 Pro | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.