Model comparison

o3-pro vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

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o3-pro OpenAI

42.9

Rank #105 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in long context, where o3-pro leads 72.2 to 30.4.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

o3-pro and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
o3-proPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index42.929.7
Released2025-06-102024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window200K—
Max output100K—
Input $ / M tokens$20—
Output $ / M tokens$80—
Results tracked1219

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Category by category

Coding o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 55.5 (#24), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Aider Polyglot84.9%—
WeirdML58.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
LMArena Coding—1039
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Reasoning o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 23.8 (#171), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ARC-AGI-24.9%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark72.1%—
ARC-AGI-159.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1028
DTBench86.9%—
LMCA38.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index147.42—

Math Not comparable

o3-pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math—1089

Knowledge o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 29.5 (#238), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Confabulations14.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate23.3%—
LMArena Expert—984

Multilingual Not comparable

o3-pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1000
LMArena Chinese—1016
LMArena French—1039
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Russian—1004
LMArena Spanish—1059

Instruction Following Not comparable

o3-pro: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1023

Long Context o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 72.2 (#1), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench97.2%—
LMArena Longer Query—996

Writing & Preference o3-pro leads

o3-pro: 57.1 (#133), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmarko3-proPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text—1050
LMArena Creative Writing—1024
Short-Story Creative Writing84.4%—
LMArena Multi-Turn—989

Frequently asked questions

Is o3-pro better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

o3-pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is o3-pro or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

o3-pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.5 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do o3-pro and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. o3-pro has 12 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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