Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 73.3 to 19.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
GPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index64.329.7
Released2026-04-232024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1419

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
LMArena Coding—1039
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench76.9%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30.6%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1028
DTBench96%—
LMCA53.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.07—

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 478%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
LMArena Math—1089
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)52.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)39.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 64.1 (#19), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
GPQA Diamond93.9%—
LMArena Expert—984

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1000
LMArena Chinese—1016
LMArena French—1039
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Russian—1004
LMArena Spanish—1059

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1023

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—996

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text—1050
LMArena Creative Writing—1024
LMArena Multi-Turn—989

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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