Model comparison

o1 vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. o1 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1 leads 55.6 to 34.1.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1 and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
o1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index40.933.0
Released2024-09-12—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output100K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$60—
Results tracked5217

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Category by category

Coding o1 leads

o1: 46.1 (#70), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding13671130
Aider Polyglot61.7%—
WeirdML47.6%—
LiveBench Coding69.7%—
CadEval56%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+80.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1: 24.6 (#117), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Cybench10%—
METR Time Horizons51.1%—

Reasoning o1 leads

o1: 27.9 (#111), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13711127
SimpleBench41.7%—
ARC-AGI-130.7%—
Chess Puzzles15%—
EnigmaEval5.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning91.6%—
DTBench74.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis65.5%—
LMCA22.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index141.91—
LiveBench75.7%—

Math o1 leads

o1: 36.1 (#175), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math13881173
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)14.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—
LiveBench Math80.3%—
MATH Level 594.7%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)9.3%—

Knowledge o1 leads

o1: 41.5 (#110), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert13611108
GPQA Diamond76.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam8%—
SimpleQA Verified41.1%—
Confabulations11.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

o1: 34.2 (#93), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1168—
GeoBench80%—
VPCT37%—
SpatialViz-Bench41.4%—

Multilingual o1 leads

o1: 48.6 (#142), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13581094
LMArena Chinese13941108
LMArena French13441110
LMArena German13371101
LMArena Japanese13461042
LMArena Korean1396954
LMArena Russian13561145
LMArena Spanish13451095

Instruction Following o1 leads

o1: 74.8 (#86), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13671113
LiveBench Instruction Following81.5%—

Long Context o1 leads

o1: 50.3 (#9), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13781120
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—

Writing & Preference o1 leads

o1: 55.6 (#144), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13661138
LMArena Creative Writing13481107
LMArena Multi-Turn13691088
Short-Story Creative Writing70.2%—
LiveBench Language65.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1 better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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