# GPT-4.1 mini vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

> GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-1-mini-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-june
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 mini scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where GPT-4.1 mini leads 45.9 to 26.0.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 30.7 |
| Rank | 232 | 274 |
| Context | 1.05M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.60 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-4.1 mini: 30.4 (#286)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1367 | 1093 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 23.9% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 32.4% | — |
| SciCode | 40.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 37.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | — |
| CadEval | 16% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-4.1 mini: 33.0 (#52)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 50.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-4.1 mini: 10.9 (#335)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1349 | 1088 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 48.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 3.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 7% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 7% | — |
| DTBench | 68.8% | — |
| LMCA | 21.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.01 | — |

## Math

- GPT-4.1 mini: 23.1 (#264)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1343 | 1152 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 6.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 44.7% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 49.1% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 87.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 4.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-4.1 mini: 34.7 (#183)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1338 | 1051 |
| GPQA Diamond | 65.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 12.7% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 78.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 61.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- GPT-4.1 mini: 35.2 (#77)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1181 | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-4.1 mini: 45.9 (#161)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1318 | 1013 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1329 | 1033 |
| LMArena German | 1349 | 1031 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1291 | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | 1298 | 880 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 1019 |
| LMArena French | 1357 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1319 | — |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-4.1 mini: 73.9 (#113)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1332 | 1058 |
| IFEval | 90.4% | — |

## Long Context

- GPT-4.1 mini: 31.8 (#270)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1344 | 1042 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 44.4% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-4.1 mini: 48.8 (#193)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 mini | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1341 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1300 | 1045 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1354 | 1049 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1147 | — |
| WildBench | 83.8% | — |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-4.1 mini better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

GPT-4.1 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-4.1 mini or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (30.4 vs 31.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 mini and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 mini has 47 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.