Model comparison

GPT-6.1 Sol vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6.1 Sol leads 81.9 to 19.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6.1 Sol and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
GPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index65.629.7
Released2026-09-292024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3419

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Coding14871039
DeepSWE75.2%—
FrontierCode50.2%—
LMArena WebDev1755—
SciCode55.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
APEX-Agents60%—
GDP.pdf32%—

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14661028
ARC-AGI-294.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)95.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
EBR-Bench54.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles80%—
Epoch Capabilities Index166.09—

Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math14641089
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 4100%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench99%—

Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert1502984
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Vision1288—
Furniture Assembly80%—

Multilingual GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14381000
LMArena Chinese14771016
LMArena Russian14551004
LMArena French—1039
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Spanish—1059

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14681023

Long Context GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1465996

Writing & Preference GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text14471050
LMArena Creative Writing14321024
LMArena Multi-Turn1449989

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6.1 Sol or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6.1 Sol and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6.1 Sol has 34 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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