Model comparison

GPT-5 Pro vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5 Pro OpenAI

46.2

Rank #58 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.4

Rank #324 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5 Pro leads 56.2 to 27.9.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Pro and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-5 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index46.227.4
Released2025-10-062024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output272K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$120—
Results tracked1235

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 43.4 (#77), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.1 (#319)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
WeirdML60.4%—
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
LMArena Coding—1093
AlgoTune1.31—
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 39.2 (#52), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 13.6 (#326)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ARC-AGI-218.3%—
SimpleBench61.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark76.8%—
ARC-AGI-170.2%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
EnigmaEval18.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1072
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index150.26—
HellaSwag—76.7%
LiveBench—22.4%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 48.0 (#53), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 24.5 (#258)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 419.5%—
LiveBench Math—15.7%
LMArena Math—1111
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 56.2 (#39), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.9 (#241)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Humanity's Last Exam31.6%—
LMArena Expert—1045
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.5 (#275)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1021
LMArena Chinese—1021
LMArena French—1075
LMArena German—1044
LMArena Japanese—935
LMArena Korean—905
LMArena Russian—1022
LMArena Spanish—1084

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 48.0 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%
LMArena Instruction Following—1053

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#271)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1044

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.7 (#295)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text—1073
LMArena Creative Writing—1037
LMArena Multi-Turn—1018
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

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

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.2 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

GPT-5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 26.1 in the Noometry coding category.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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