Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 29.6 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 32.4 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1130 |
Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 18.5 (#261), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1127 |
Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 11.2 (#301), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1173 |
Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#299), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1108 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1108 |
| LMArena French | — | 1109 |
| LMArena German | — | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1095 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 70.0 (#164), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1114 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#212), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1106 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1088 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.