Model comparison
GPT-4 vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
GPT-4 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.1 vs 29.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4 scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads 27.6 to 10.8.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2023-03-14 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 8K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $60 | — |
| Results tracked | 38 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-4 leads
GPT-4: 31.6 (#283), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1254 | 1101 |
| WeirdML | 12.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 57.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 79.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | 36.1% | — |
Reasoning GPT-4 leads
GPT-4: 17.8 (#289), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | 1100 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 75.1% | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | 95.3% | 77% |
| WinoGrande | 87.5% | 81.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 12% | — |
| DTBench | 62.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| LMCA | 17.1% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.89 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.8 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
Math Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
GPT-4: 10.8 (#309), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1269 | 1151 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| MATH Level 5 | 23% | — |
| GSM8K | 92% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
GPT-4: 18.4 (#282), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | 1067 |
| MMLU | 86.4% | 75.7% |
| TriviaQA | 84.8% | 58.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | 35.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
Multilingual GPT-4 leads
GPT-4: 40.6 (#215), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1246 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1242 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1283 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1251 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1209 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1184 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1251 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1261 | 1111 |
Instruction Following GPT-4 leads
GPT-4: 65.3 (#222), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1241 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context GPT-4 leads
GPT-4: 37.7 (#212), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1244 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference GPT-4 leads
GPT-4: 34.9 (#268), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | GPT-4 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1263 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1244 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1257 | 1068 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 752 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4 better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
GPT-4 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.1 vs 29.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is GPT-4 or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
GPT-4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.6 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4 has 38 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.