# GPT-6 Astra vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

> GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Astra scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-6 Astra leads 85.1 to 14.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Chess Puzzles: 72% for GPT-6 Astra and 0% for Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 70.8 | 27.9 |
| Rank | 1 | 328 |
| Context | 1.05M | — |
| Input $/M | $10 | — |
| Output $/M | $50 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- GPT-6 Astra: 73.7 (#2)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1487 | 1093 |
| DeepSWE | 74.1% | — |
| FrontierCode | 53.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1786 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 65.5% | — |
| SciCode | 56.5% | — |
| GSO | 79.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 93.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 15.5% |
| MirrorCode | 46.7% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,951 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.2% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- GPT-6 Astra: 52.9 (#3)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 64.7% | — |
| Remote Labor Index | 20.8% | — |
| BALROG | 68.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 34.2% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 15,515 | — |

## Reasoning

- GPT-6 Astra: 85.1 (#1)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 72% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1462 | 1072 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 95% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 98.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98.5% | — |
| CritPt | 31.7% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 76.2% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 26.8% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 84% | — |
| DTBench | 97.3% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 34.7% |
| LMCA | 64.4% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 52.8% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.14 | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 71.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 166.45 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 76.7% |
| LiveBench | — | 22.4% |
| WinoGrande | — | 70.8% |

## Math

- GPT-6 Astra: 93.5 (#2)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1465 | 1111 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 93.7% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 97.6% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | — |
| ProofBench | 99% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 15.7% |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 2.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#1)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1483 | 1045 |
| GPQA Diamond | 95.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 54.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 75.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.9% |
| MMLU | — | 68.8% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 64% |

## Multimodal

- GPT-6 Astra: 55.0 (#3)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1281 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 49.7% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 80% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1468 | — |

## Multilingual

- GPT-6 Astra: 53.7 (#61)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1430 | 1021 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1484 | 1021 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1076 |
| LMArena German | 1440 | 1044 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1379 | 935 |
| LMArena Korean | 1426 | 905 |
| LMArena Russian | 1436 | 1022 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1407 | 1085 |

## Instruction Following

- GPT-6 Astra: 76.3 (#44)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1450 | 1053 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 39.1% |

## Long Context

- GPT-6 Astra: 44.5 (#62)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1456 | 1044 |

## Writing & Preference

- GPT-6 Astra: 75.3 (#7)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1073 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1418 | 1037 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1448 | 1018 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2173 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 9.2% |

## FAQ

### Is GPT-6 Astra better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

GPT-6 Astra is the stronger model overall, scoring 70.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is GPT-6 Astra or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-6 Astra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 73.7 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Astra and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Astra has 56 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.