Model comparison

o1 vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. o1 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where o1 leads 55.6 to 27.1.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o1 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
o1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index40.929.7
Released2024-09-122024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output100K—
Input $ / M tokens$15—
Output $ / M tokens$60—
Results tracked5219

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Category by category

Coding o1 leads

o1: 46.1 (#70), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Coding13671039
Aider Polyglot61.7%—
WeirdML47.6%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
LiveBench Coding69.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%
CadEval56%—
HumanEval+89%—
MBPP+80.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

o1: 24.6 (#117), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Cybench10%—
METR Time Horizons51.1%—

Reasoning o1 leads

o1: 27.9 (#111), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts13711028
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 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math13881089
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 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert1361984
GPQA Diamond76.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam8%—
SimpleQA Verified41.1%—
Confabulations11.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

o1: 34.2 (#93), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Vision1168—
GeoBench80%—
VPCT37%—
SpatialViz-Bench41.4%—

Multilingual o1 leads

o1: 48.6 (#142), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13581000
LMArena Chinese13941016
LMArena French13441039
LMArena German13371006
LMArena Japanese1346899
LMArena Korean1396856
LMArena Russian13561004
LMArena Spanish13451059

Instruction Following o1 leads

o1: 74.8 (#86), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following13671023
LiveBench Instruction Following81.5%—

Long Context o1 leads

o1: 50.3 (#9), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query1378996
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—

Writing & Preference o1 leads

o1: 55.6 (#144), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text13661050
LMArena Creative Writing13481024
LMArena Multi-Turn1369989
Short-Story Creative Writing70.2%—
LiveBench Language65.4%—

Frequently asked questions

Is o1 better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

o1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is o1 or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

o1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.1 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o1 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. o1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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