Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.4

Rank #16 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-5.4 leads 71.9 to 27.1.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
GPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index59.429.7
Released2026-03-052024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$15—
Results tracked6819

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.6 (#33), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Coding14971039
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
DeepSWE51.8%—
LMArena WebDev1465—
SciCode56.6%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
MirrorCode15.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#13), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
τ²-bench Banking39.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GBAEval45.1%—
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—
Vending-Bench 26,144—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.8 (#19), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14851028
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
CritPt23.4%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench94.4%—
LMCA52%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.81—
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.5 (#19), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#14), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert1507984
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
SimpleQA Verified45.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.4: 43.7 (#20), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Vision1303—
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—
LMArena Document1471—

Multilingual GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 56.2 (#23), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14651000
LMArena Chinese15191016
LMArena French14931039
LMArena German14721006
LMArena Japanese1485899
LMArena Korean1448856
LMArena Russian14801004
LMArena Spanish14541059

Instruction Following GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 77.1 (#27), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14691023

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1473996
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 71.9 (#17), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text14691050
LMArena Creative Writing14391024
LMArena Multi-Turn1482989
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
EQ-Bench 41272—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.4 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.4 or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.6 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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