Model comparison

o1-mini vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

o1-mini and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (34.0 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

o1-mini OpenAI

34.0

Rank #235 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. o1-mini scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1-mini leads 48.4 to 34.1.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1-mini and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
o1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index34.033.0
Released2024-09-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked3917

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Category by category

Coding o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.5 (#224), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding13621130
Aider Polyglot32.9%—
WeirdML36.3%—
LiveBench Coding48%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+78.8%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1-mini: 24.6 (#118), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Cybench10%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

o1-mini: 8.8 (#346), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13331127
ARC-AGI-20.8%—
SimpleBench18.1%—
ARC-AGI-114%—
LiveBench Reasoning72.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis57.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.82—
LiveBench57.8%—

Math o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 35.4 (#186), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math13581173
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202546.9%—
LiveBench Math62%—
MATH Level 589.2%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 34.9 (#192), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert13161108
GPQA Diamond62.4%—
Confabulations18.6%—

Multilingual o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 43.6 (#182), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12891094
LMArena Chinese13141108
LMArena French12931110
LMArena German12781101
LMArena Japanese12451042
LMArena Korean1223954
LMArena Russian12831145
LMArena Spanish13031095

Instruction Following o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 66.7 (#206), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13041113
LiveBench Instruction Following65.4%—

Long Context o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 40.1 (#161), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13201120

Writing & Preference o1-mini leads

o1-mini: 48.4 (#202), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1-miniPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13171138
LMArena Creative Writing12441107
LMArena Multi-Turn13141088
Short-Story Creative Writing64.9%—
LiveBench Language40.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1-mini better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

o1-mini and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (34.0 vs 33.0), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is o1-mini or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

o1-mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1-mini and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1-mini has 39 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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