Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-6 Sol leads 87.2 to 33.4.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 Sol and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index61.833.0
Released2026-09-22—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked4517

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding14471130
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
LMArena WebDev1688—
SciCode57.6%—
ALE-Bench2,462—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
APEX-Agents54.3%—
GDP.pdf26.4%—
Vending-Bench 214,428—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14181127
ARC-AGI-289.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt30.9%—
EBR-Bench53.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA59.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index162.72—

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math14021173
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 490%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench83%—

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert14391108
GPQA Diamond94.3%—
SimpleQA Verified60.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1245—
Blueprint-Bench 236.9%—
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13851094
LMArena Chinese14051108
LMArena French14101110
LMArena German13901101
LMArena Japanese13851042
LMArena Korean1341954
LMArena Russian14011145
LMArena Spanish13841095

Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14121113

Long Context GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14111120

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13951138
LMArena Creative Writing13781107
LMArena Multi-Turn14121088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Sol or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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