Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Microsoft

27.9

Rank #328 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol 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 math, where GPT-6 Sol leads 87.2 to 26.6.
  • Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 Sol and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct specifications
GPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index61.827.9
Released2026-09-222024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked4535

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#323)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding14471093
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
LMArena WebDev1688—
SciCode57.6%—
LiveBench Coding—15.5%
ALE-Bench2,462—
HumanEval+—59.1%
MBPP+—54.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
APEX-Agents54.3%—
GDP.pdf26.4%—
Vending-Bench 214,428—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 14.1 (#328)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14181072
ARC-AGI-289.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt30.9%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
EBR-Bench53.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—26.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench97.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—34.7%
LMCA59.1%—
Adversarial NLI—52.8%
BIG-Bench Hard—71.7%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.72—
HellaSwag—76.7%
LiveBench—22.4%
WinoGrande—70.8%

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.6 (#257)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Math14021111
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 490%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench83%—
LiveBench Math—15.7%

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 28.5 (#246)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert14391045
GPQA Diamond94.3%—
SimpleQA Verified60.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—84.9%
MMLU—68.8%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—64%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Vision1245—
Blueprint-Bench 236.9%—
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 26.3 (#280)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13851021
LMArena Chinese14051021
LMArena French14101076
LMArena German13901044
LMArena Japanese1385935
LMArena Korean1341905
LMArena Russian14011022
LMArena Spanish13841085

Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 47.7 (#303)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14121053
LiveBench Instruction Following—39.1%

Long Context GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 31.7 (#276)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14111044

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: 27.6 (#300)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
LMArena Text13951073
LMArena Creative Writing13781037
LMArena Multi-Turn14121018
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—
LiveBench Language—9.2%

Frequently asked questions

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

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 26.6 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct has 35.

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