Model comparison

GPT-6 Sol vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

GPT-6 Sol OpenAI

61.8

Rank #12 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-6 Sol scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k 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 27.6.
  • Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-6 Sol and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
GPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderOpenAIMicrosoft
Noometry Index61.829.3
Released2026-09-222024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked4532

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Category by category

Coding GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 60.1 (#11), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding14471101
DeepSWE68.8%—
FrontierCode49.3%—
LMArena WebDev1688—
SciCode57.6%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
ALE-Bench2,462—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 37.2 (#36), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
APEX-Agents54.3%—
GDP.pdf26.4%—
Vending-Bench 214,428—

Reasoning GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.0 (#9), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14181100
ARC-AGI-289.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)90.1%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt30.9%—
EBR-Bench53.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
Mystery Game Puzzles56%—
DTBench97.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
LMCA59.1%—
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index162.72—
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 87.2 (#7), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math14021151
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)89.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 490%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025100%—
ProofBench83%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 64.8 (#15), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert14391067
GPQA Diamond94.3%—
SimpleQA Verified60.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.5%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-6 Sol: 47.6 (#10), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Vision1245—
Blueprint-Bench 236.9%—
Furniture Assembly58.3%—

Multilingual GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 50.5 (#118), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English13851058
LMArena Chinese14051061
LMArena French14101135
LMArena German13901080
LMArena Japanese1385966
LMArena Korean1341894
LMArena Russian14011111
LMArena Spanish13841111

Instruction Following GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 74.5 (#94), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14121087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 43.1 (#108), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14111088

Writing & Preference GPT-6 Sol leads

GPT-6 Sol: 71.9 (#18), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-6 SolPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text13951110
LMArena Creative Writing13781083
LMArena Multi-Turn14121068
EQ-Bench Creative Writing2125—
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-6 Sol better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

GPT-6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-6 Sol or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

GPT-6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 60.1 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-6 Sol and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-6 Sol has 45 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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