Model comparison

GPT-6.1 Sol vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6.1 Sol OpenAI

65.6

Rank #6 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k 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 14.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 61% for GPT-6.1 Sol and 0% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6.1 Sol and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index65.627.9
Released2026-09-292024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked3435

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.2 (#8), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding14871093
DeepSWE75.2%—
FrontierCode50.2%—
LMArena WebDev1755—
SciCode55.8%—
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 39.6 (#26), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
APEX-Agents60%—
GDP.pdf32%—

Reasoning GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 81.9 (#2), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Chess Puzzles61%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14661072
ARC-AGI-294.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)95.5%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt31.7%—
EBR-Bench54.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles80%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index166.09—
HellaSwag—76.7%
LiveBench—22.4%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 93.7 (#1), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Math14641111
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)93.7%—
FrontierMath Tier 4100%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench99%—
LiveBench Math—15.7%

Knowledge GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 71.8 (#4), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert15021045
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
SimpleQA Verified73.9%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6.1 Sol: 52.7 (#5), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1288—
Furniture Assembly80%—

Multilingual GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 54.3 (#46), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14381021
LMArena Chinese14771021
LMArena Russian14551022
LMArena French—1076
LMArena German—1044
LMArena Japanese—935
LMArena Korean—905
LMArena Spanish—1085

Instruction Following GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 77.0 (#29), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14681053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 44.9 (#54), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14651044

Writing & Preference GPT-6.1 Sol leads

GPT-6.1 Sol: 63.6 (#63), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6.1 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text14471073
LMArena Creative Writing14321037
LMArena Multi-Turn14491018
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6.1 Sol better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

GPT-6.1 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.6 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6.1 Sol or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-6.1 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 63.2 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6.1 Sol and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6.1 Sol has 34 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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