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# Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

> Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct by Microsoft, released April 2024. Ranked #328 of 354 with a Noometry Index of 27.9. Scores, sources and comparisons.
- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-mini-4k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Title: Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Benchmarks, Price & Rank (October 2026)

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct by Microsoft ranks 328th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 27.9. Its strongest category is knowledge, where it ranks 246th.

Last verified October 10, 2026

## Specifications

- **Noometry rank:** #328 of 354
- **Index score:** 27.9
- **Evidence:** Confirmed 35 results
- **Provider:** [![](/logos/microsoft.svg) Microsoft](https://noometry.com/providers/microsoft)
- **Released:** April 23, 2024
- **Weights:** Open weights
- **Reasoning:** Unknown
- **Context window:** —
- **Max output:** —
- **Input price:** Not listed
- **Output price:** Not listed
- **Blended price:** Not listed
- **Output speed:** Not measured
- **Value:** Not ranked
- **Knowledge cutoff:** Unknown

## Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct category scores

1.  Coding 26.6
2.  Reasoning 14.1
3.  Math 26.6
4.  Knowledge 28.5
5.  Multilingual 26.3
6.  Instruction Following 47.7
7.  Long Context 31.7
8.  Writing & Preference 27.6
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Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct category ranks
| Category | Score | Rank | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 26.6 | #323 | 2 |
| [Reasoning](https://noometry.com/best/reasoning) | 14.1 | #328 | 4 |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 26.6 | #257 | 2 |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 28.5 | #246 | 1 |
| [Multilingual](https://noometry.com/best/multilingual) | 26.3 | #280 | 1 |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 47.7 | #303 | 2 |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 31.7 | #276 | 1 |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 27.6 | #300 | 4 |

## Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

### Strongest categories

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: strongest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Knowledge](https://noometry.com/best/knowledge) | 28.5 | −8.8 | #246 of 314, top 79% |
| [Math](https://noometry.com/best/math) | 26.6 | −9.9 | #257 of 327, top 79% |
| [Long Context](https://noometry.com/best/long-context) | 31.7 | −9.2 | #276 of 296, top 94% |

### Weakest categories

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct: weakest categories
| Category | Score | vs median | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/best/instruction-following) | 47.7 | −23.5 | #303 of 305, top 100% |
| [Writing & Preference](https://noometry.com/best/writing) | 27.6 | −26.2 | #300 of 312, top 97% |
| [Coding](https://noometry.com/best/coding) | 26.6 | −12.1 | #323 of 340, top 95% |

## Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct
| Model | Rank | Score | Blended $/M | Speed |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [GPT-4o](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4o) | #324 | 28.6 | $4.38 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4o-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct) |
| [Ministral 8B](https://noometry.com/models/ministral-8b) | #325 | 28.2 | $0.15 | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/ministral-8b-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct) |
| [Gemma 3 4B](https://noometry.com/models/gemma-3-4b) | #326 | 28.1 | $0.05 | 72 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-4b-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct) |
| [GPT-4.1 nano](https://noometry.com/models/gpt-4-1-nano) | #327 | 27.9 | $0.18 | 135 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct) |
| [Yi-34B](https://noometry.com/models/yi-34b) | #329 | 27.8 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-vs-yi-34b) |
| [Llama 4 Scout](https://noometry.com/models/llama-4-scout) | #330 | 27.7 | $0.15 | 272 | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/llama-4-scout-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct) |
| [Llama 3.2 90B](https://noometry.com/models/llama-3-2-90b) | #331 | 27.5 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/llama-3-2-90b-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct) |
| [Gemini 1.0 Pro](https://noometry.com/models/gemini-1-0-pro) | #332 | 27.3 | — | — | [Compare](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-0-pro-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct) |

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## Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

### Coding

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Coding benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LiveBench Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-coding) | 15.5% | #38 of 39, top 98% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LMArena Coding](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-coding) | 1093 | #273 of 294, top 93% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [HumanEval+](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/humaneval-plus) | 59.1% | #29 of 45, top 65% |  | [EvalPlus](https://evalplus.github.io/leaderboard.html) |  |
| [MBPP+](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/mbpp-plus) | 54.2% | #32 of 38, top 85% |  | [EvalPlus](https://evalplus.github.io/leaderboard.html) |  |

### Reasoning

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Reasoning benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chess Puzzles](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/chess-puzzles) | 0% | #125 of 129, top 97% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) | 2026-08-30 |
| [LiveBench Reasoning](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-reasoning) | 26.8% | #33 of 39, top 85% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LMArena Hard Prompts](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-hard-prompts) | 1072 | #275 of 297, top 93% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LiveBench Data Analysis](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-data-analysis) | 34.7% | #35 of 39, top 90% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [Adversarial NLI](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/anli) | 52.8% | #6 of 9, top 67% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [BIG-Bench Hard](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/bbh) | 71.7% | #9 of 27, top 34% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [HellaSwag](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/hellaswag) | 76.7% | #23 of 29, top 80% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LiveBench](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench) | 22.4% | #38 of 39, top 98% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [WinoGrande](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/winogrande) | 70.8% | #31 of 43, top 73% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Math

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Math benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LiveBench Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-math) | 15.7% | #38 of 39, top 98% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LMArena Math](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-math) | 1111 | #264 of 285, top 93% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Knowledge

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Knowledge benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Expert](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-expert) | 1045 | #263 of 273, top 97% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [ARC (AI2) Challenge](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arc-challenge) | 84.9% | #10 of 39, top 26% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [MMLU](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/mmlu) | 68.8% | #49 of 81, top 61% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [OpenBookQA](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/openbookqa) | 88% | Best of 19 |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [TriviaQA](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/triviaqa) | 64% | #22 of 25, top 88% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

### Multilingual

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Multilingual benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Non-English](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-non-english) | 1021 | #280 of 297, top 95% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Chinese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-chinese) | 1021 | #272 of 285, top 96% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena French](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-french) | 1076 | #217 of 223, top 98% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena German](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-german) | 1044 | #220 of 231, top 96% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Japanese](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-japanese) | 935 | #206 of 211, top 98% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Korean](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-korean) | 905 | #209 of 213, top 99% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Russian](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-russian) | 1022 | #271 of 283, top 96% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Spanish](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-spanish) | 1085 | #220 of 226, top 98% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Instruction Following

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Instruction Following benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LiveBench Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-if) | 39.1% | #39 of 39, top 100% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |
| [LMArena Instruction Following](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-instruction-following) | 1053 | #281 of 298, top 95% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Long Context

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Long Context benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Longer Query](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-longer-query) | 1044 | #280 of 291, top 97% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |

### Writing & Preference

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct Writing & Preference benchmark results
| Benchmark | Score | Position | Setting | Source | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LMArena Text](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-text) | 1073 | #282 of 297, top 95% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Creative Writing](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-creative-writing) | 1037 | #281 of 295, top 96% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LMArena Multi-Turn](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/arena-multi-turn) | 1018 | #284 of 295, top 97% |  | [LMArena](https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard/text) | 2026-10-08 |
| [LiveBench Language](https://noometry.com/benchmarks/livebench-language) | 9.2% | #39 of 39, top 100% |  | [Epoch AI](https://epoch.ai/benchmarks) |  |

## Compare Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct

-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs GPT-4.1 nano](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-4-1-nano-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Yi-34B](https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-vs-yi-34b)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Gemma 3 4B](https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-3-4b-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Llama 4 Scout](https://noometry.com/compare/llama-4-scout-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Ministral 8B](https://noometry.com/compare/ministral-8b-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Llama 3.2 90B](https://noometry.com/compare/llama-3-2-90b-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs GPT-6 Astra](https://noometry.com/compare/gpt-6-astra-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Claude Fable 5.1](https://noometry.com/compare/claude-fable-5-1-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-3-8-flash-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Kimi K3](https://noometry.com/compare/kimi-k3-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Grok 4.6](https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-6-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Qwen3.8 Max](https://noometry.com/compare/phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-vs-qwen3-8-max)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs GLM-5.3](https://noometry.com/compare/glm-5-3-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)
-   [Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct vs Muse Spark 1.3](https://noometry.com/compare/muse-spark-1-3-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct)

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-   [Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-medium-4k-instruct)33.0
-   [Wizardlm 13b](https://noometry.com/models/wizardlm-13b)31.4
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-   [Phi-4](https://noometry.com/models/phi-4)31.2
-   [Phi-4 Mini](https://noometry.com/models/phi-4-mini)30.9
-   [Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-mini-128k-instruct)29.7
-   [phi-3-medium 14B](https://noometry.com/models/phi-3-medium-14b)29.7

## Frequently asked questions

### How good is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct by Microsoft ranks 328th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 27.9. Its strongest category is knowledge, where it ranks 246th.

### Is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct open source?

Yes. Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct's weights are downloadable; check the license for commercial terms.

### What are Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct places best in knowledge, math, long context and lowest in instruction following, writing & preference, coding.

### What is Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct best at?

Its best category is knowledge, where it ranks 246th on Noometry.

### Cite this page

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