Model comparison

Grok 4.7 vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.7 xAI

53.1

Rank #37 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.7 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Grok 4.7 leads 70.0 to 31.1.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Grok 4.7 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
Grok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderxAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index53.129.3
Released2026-09-212024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked3932

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 58.0 (#18), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding14271101
FrontierCode47.6%—
CursorBench46.3%—
LMArena WebDev1639—
FrontierSWE29.5%—
SciCode57.8%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 36.7 (#37), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
APEX-Agents54.6%—
GDP.pdf22.8%—
Vending-Bench 210,537—

Reasoning Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 49.1 (#40), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14131100
NYT Connections (extended)76.8%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles38%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
Mystery Game Puzzles29%—
DTBench96%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
LMCA49.4%—
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index153.53—
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 57.8 (#39), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math14071151
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)53%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.1%—
ProofBench34%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 62.8 (#22), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert14221067
GPQA Diamond92.7%—
SimpleQA Verified56%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.7: 35.5 (#87), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Vision1228—
Blueprint-Bench 232.5%—
Furniture Assembly20.8%—

Multilingual Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 50.8 (#116), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13891058
LMArena Chinese14551061
LMArena French14551135
LMArena Russian13971111
LMArena Spanish14001111
LMArena German—1080
LMArena Japanese—966
LMArena Korean—894

Instruction Following Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 74.1 (#105), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14041087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 43.1 (#104), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14131088

Writing & Preference Grok 4.7 leads

Grok 4.7: 70.0 (#24), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGrok 4.7Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text13991110
LMArena Creative Writing13911083
LMArena Multi-Turn13931068
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2007—
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.7 better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Grok 4.7 is the stronger model overall, scoring 53.1 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.7 or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 39 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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