Model comparison
Grok 4.7 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 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 writing & preference, where Grok 4.7 leads 70.1 to 27.7.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 46.6 | 27.4 |
| Released | 2026-09-21 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 500K | — |
| Max output | 500K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 55.0 (#23), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.1 (#319)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1423 | 1093 |
| CursorBench | 46.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1636 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 29.5% | — |
| SciCode | 57.4% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 15.5% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |
Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 40.1 (#49), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 13.6 (#326)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1409 | 1072 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 76.8% | — |
| CritPt | 17.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 26.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 34.7% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| LiveBench | — | 22.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |
Math Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 41.1 (#73), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 24.5 (#258)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1393 | 1111 |
| ProofBench | 34% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 15.7% |
Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 38.7 (#130), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.9 (#241)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1413 | 1045 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4.7: 28.8 (#107), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | 20.8% | — |
Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 51.2 (#108), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1392 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1476 | 1021 |
| LMArena Russian | 1396 | 1022 |
| LMArena French | — | 1075 |
| LMArena German | — | 1044 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 935 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 905 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1084 |
Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 74.3 (#98), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 48.0 (#298)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1406 | 1053 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 39.1% |
Long Context Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 43.2 (#97), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#271)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | 1044 |
Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads
Grok 4.7: 70.1 (#23), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.7 (#295)
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1397 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1391 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1389 | 1018 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2007 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 9.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4.7 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?
Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.6 to 27.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4.7 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?
Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.0 versus 26.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 21 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.