Model comparison
Grok 4 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 leads 63.1 to 31.7.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 48.1 | 31.3 |
| Released | 2025-07-09 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 48 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 50.3 (#46), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1408 | 1093 |
| Aider Polyglot | 79.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 45.7% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Grok 4: 32.3 (#68), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 27.2% | — |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 63% | — |
| GDPval | 21.1% | — |
| Cybench | 43% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 47.3% | — |
| BALROG | 43.6% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1142 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 66.6% | — |
Reasoning Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 36.7 (#65), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1409 | 1087 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 16% | — |
| SimpleBench | 60.5% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 73.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 66.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 28% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.44 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60.9 | — |
Math Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 48.4 (#64), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1152 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 84% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 60.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 19.7% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 53.8 (#55), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1415 | 1051 |
| GPQA Diamond | 87% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 85.1% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 72.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4: 33.7 (#94), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1210 | — |
| GeoBench | 45% | — |
Multilingual Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 51.8 (#103), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1403 | 1013 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1427 | 1033 |
| LMArena German | 1429 | 1031 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | 1377 | 880 |
| LMArena Russian | 1410 | 1019 |
| LMArena French | 1418 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1420 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 79.2 (#5), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1058 |
| IFEval | 94.9% | — |
Long Context Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 63.1 (#4), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1409 | 1042 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 94.4% | — |
Writing & Preference Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 58.5 (#116), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1411 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1397 | 1045 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1416 | 1049 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 76.9% | — |
| WildBench | 79.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?
Grok 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?
Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.