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Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct vs GPT-5.4

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5.4 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.4
Context Window
GPT-5.4
Speed
GPT-5.4

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructGPT-5.4Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.10$2.50 Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.10$15.00 Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.25 GPT-5.4
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct is 98% cheaper overall.

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct Providers

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GPT-5.4 Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct Wins
2
GPT-5.4 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructGPT-5.4Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
26.357.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-57.3-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
30.4--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
9.192.0
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
37.1--
GPT-5.4 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct
128,000
tokens
GPT-5.4
1,050,000
tokens
GPT-5.4 has a 88% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructGPT-5.4Winner
Tokens/secondN/A84.0 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A165.19s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeaturePhi-3 Mini 128K InstructGPT-5.4
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyPhi-3 Mini 128K InstructGPT-5.4
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMicrosoftOpenAI
ReleasedUnknownMar 2026

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

GPT-5.4 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.10/M tokens. Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct has cheaper output pricing at $0.10/M tokens.
GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 57.3, compared to Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct's score of N/A.
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct has a 128,000 token context window, while GPT-5.4 has a 1,050,000 token context window.
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct does not support vision. GPT-5.4 supports vision.