Model comparison

GPT-5 Pro vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

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GPT-5 Pro OpenAI

46.2

Rank #58 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

32.4

Rank #246 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5 Pro leads 56.2 to 29.6.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Pro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-5 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index46.232.4
Released2025-10-06—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output272K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$120—
Results tracked1217

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 43.4 (#77), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
WeirdML60.4%—
LMArena Coding—1130
AlgoTune1.31—

Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 39.2 (#52), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ARC-AGI-218.3%—
SimpleBench61.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark76.8%—
ARC-AGI-170.2%—
EnigmaEval18.8%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1127
Epoch Capabilities Index150.26—

Math GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 48.0 (#53), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 419.5%—
LMArena Math—1173
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 56.2 (#39), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Humanity's Last Exam31.6%—
LMArena Expert—1108

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1094
LMArena Chinese—1108
LMArena French—1109
LMArena German—1101
LMArena Japanese—1042
LMArena Korean—954
LMArena Russian—1145
LMArena Spanish—1095

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1114

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1120

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text—1138
LMArena Creative Writing—1106
LMArena Multi-Turn—1088

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5 Pro better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5 Pro or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Pro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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