Model comparison

GPT-5 Pro vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

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GPT-5 Pro OpenAI

46.4

Rank #64 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5 Pro leads 56.7 to 29.1.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
GPT-5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index46.429.3
Released2025-10-062024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output272K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$120—
Results tracked1232

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 44.0 (#80), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
WeirdML60.4%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
LMArena Coding—1101
AlgoTune1.31—

Reasoning GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 38.9 (#62), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ARC-AGI-218.3%—
SimpleBench61.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark76.8%—
ARC-AGI-170.2%—
EnigmaEval18.8%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1100
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index150.28—
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 48.5 (#63), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)55.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 419.5%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%
LMArena Math—1151
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge GPT-5 Pro leads

GPT-5 Pro: 56.7 (#42), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Humanity's Last Exam31.6%—
LMArena Expert—1067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-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 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%
LMArena Instruction Following—1087

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1088

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5 Pro: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-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 Pro better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

GPT-5 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.4 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5 Pro or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-5 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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