Model comparison

GPT-5.5 Pro vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.5 Pro OpenAI

64.3

Rank #8 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.5 Pro leads 73.3 to 14.8.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.5 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
GPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index64.329.3
Released2026-04-232024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$30—
Output $ / M tokens$180—
Results tracked1432

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
LMArena Coding—1101

Reasoning GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 73.3 (#10), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
SimpleBench76.9%—
ARC-AGI-196.5%—
CritPt30.6%—
Chess Puzzles64%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1100
DTBench96%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
LMCA53.9%—
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.07—
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math GPT-5.5 Pro leads

GPT-5.5 Pro: 84.0 (#10), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)87.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 478%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%
LMArena Math—1151
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 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
GPQA Diamond93.9%—
LMArena Expert—1067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1058
LMArena Chinese—1061
LMArena French—1135
LMArena German—1080
LMArena Japanese—966
LMArena Korean—894
LMArena Russian—1111
LMArena Spanish—1111

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%
LMArena Instruction Following—1087

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1088

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text—1110
LMArena Creative Writing—1083
LMArena Multi-Turn—1068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.5 Pro better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

GPT-5.5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 64.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.5 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.5 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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