Model comparison
GPT-3.5-turbo vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 23.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-3.5-turbo scores higher in 3 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads 27.6 to 6.3.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 23.2 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2023-03-01 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 16K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 44 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
GPT-3.5-turbo: 23.9 (#331), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1136 | 1101 |
| WeirdML | 3.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 39.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 70.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.7% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-3.5-turbo: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | 21.5% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
GPT-3.5-turbo: 13.8 (#332), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1108 | 1100 |
| Adversarial NLI | 58.1% | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 61.6% | 79.1% |
| WinoGrande | 81.6% | 81.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 3% | — |
| DTBench | 48.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| LMCA | 9.7% | — |
| CommonsenseQA 2.0 | 57% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.55 | — |
| ForecastBench | 50.4 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
Math Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
GPT-3.5-turbo: 6.3 (#327), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1142 | 1151 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 0% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| MATH Level 5 | 15.9% | — |
| GSM8K | 57.8% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
GPT-3.5-turbo: 10.0 (#303), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1070 | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 87.4% | 90.7% |
| MMLU | 71.4% | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | 86% | 88% |
| TriviaQA | 85.8% | 58.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | 28% | — |
| BoolQ | 87% | — |
Multilingual GPT-3.5-turbo leads
GPT-3.5-turbo: 31.5 (#258), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1108 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1075 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1118 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1090 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1043 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1019 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1123 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1121 | 1111 |
Instruction Following GPT-3.5-turbo leads
GPT-3.5-turbo: 57.9 (#262), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1119 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Too close to call
GPT-3.5-turbo: 34.0 (#254), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1121 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
GPT-3.5-turbo: 25.3 (#305), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5-turbo | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1125 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1092 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1117 | 1068 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 451 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-3.5-turbo better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.3 to 23.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-3.5-turbo or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 27.9 versus 23.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-3.5-turbo and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
24 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-3.5-turbo has 44 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.