Model comparison

gpt-oss-120b vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

gpt-oss-120b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

gpt-oss-120b OpenAI

36.3

Rank #217 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. gpt-oss-120b scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where gpt-oss-120b leads 48.0 to 25.9.

Side by side

gpt-oss-120b and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
gpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index36.331.3
Released2025-08-05—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window131K—
Max output41K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.037—
Output $ / M tokens$0.17—
Results tracked4815

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Category by category

Coding gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 33.5 (#256), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding13801093
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)26%—
Aider Polyglot41.8%—
SciCode36%—
WeirdML48.2%—
ALE-Bench575.62—
AlgoTune1.41—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

gpt-oss-120b: 12.2 (#153), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Terminal-Bench18.7%—
APEX-Agents4.4%—
METR Time Horizons56.6%—
Vending-Bench 2-21.53—

Reasoning Too close to call

gpt-oss-120b: 20.0 (#245), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts13641087
SimpleBench22.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark58.6%—
CritPt1.1%—
Chess Puzzles20%—
Mystery Game Puzzles2%—
DTBench76.3%—
LMCA22.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench25%—
Epoch Capabilities Index139.93—

Math gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 52.5 (#50), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math13891152
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
Omni-MATH68.8%—

Knowledge gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 42.4 (#96), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert13561051
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
MMLU-Pro79.5%—
Confabulations15.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.2%—
GPQA (HELM)68.4%—

Multilingual gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 48.0 (#147), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English13511013
LMArena Chinese13851033
LMArena German13531031
LMArena Japanese1331954
LMArena Korean1282880
LMArena Russian13431019
LMArena French1369—
LMArena Spanish1389—

Instruction Following gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 69.3 (#173), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following13181058
IFEval83.6%—

Long Context Too close to call

gpt-oss-120b: 31.4 (#278), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query13191042
Fiction.LiveBench44.4%—

Writing & Preference gpt-oss-120b leads

gpt-oss-120b: 46.5 (#217), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarkgpt-oss-120bPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text13651080
LMArena Creative Writing12751045
LMArena Multi-Turn13401049
Short-Story Creative Writing77.1%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing961—
WildBench84.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is gpt-oss-120b better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

gpt-oss-120b is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is gpt-oss-120b or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

gpt-oss-120b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do gpt-oss-120b and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. gpt-oss-120b has 48 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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