Model Comparison

GPT-4 vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

GPT-4 has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

7 benchmarks

GPT-4 outperforms in 4 benchmarks (HellaSwag, MGSM, MMLU, Winogrande), while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH).

GPT-4 has a slight edge in benchmark performance.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

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OpenAI
GPT-4
Input tokens$30.00
Output tokens$60.00
Best providerAzure
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only GPT-4 specifies input context (32,768 tokens). Only GPT-4 specifies output context (32,768 tokens).

OpenAI
GPT-4
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

GPT-4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct does not.

GPT-4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

GPT-4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

GPT-4 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

GPT-4

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-4 was released on 2023-06-13, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is 15 months newer than GPT-4.

GPT-4

Jun 13, 2023

2.8 years ago

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

1.2yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-4 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2022-12-31, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm GPT-4's training data extends to 2022-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date.

GPT-4

Dec 2022

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

OpenAI
Larger context window (32,768 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher HellaSwag score (95.3% vs 83.8%)
Higher MGSM score (74.5% vs 58.7%)
Higher MMLU score (86.4% vs 78.9%)
Higher Winogrande score (87.5% vs 81.3%)
Microsoft
Has open weights
Higher GPQA score (36.8% vs 35.7%)
Higher HumanEval score (70.7% vs 67.0%)
Higher MATH score (59.5% vs 42.0%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
OpenAI
GPT-4
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

FAQ

Common questions about GPT-4 vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

GPT-4 has a slight edge in benchmark performance. GPT-4 is made by OpenAI and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
GPT-4 scores AI2 Reasoning Challenge (ARC): 96.3%, HellaSwag: 95.3%, Uniform Bar Exam: 90.0%, SAT Math: 89.0%, LSAT: 88.0%. Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct scores ARC-C: 91.0%, OpenBookQA: 89.6%, GSM8k: 88.7%, PIQA: 88.6%, RULER: 87.1%.
GPT-4 supports 33K tokens and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
GPT-4 is developed by OpenAI and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is developed by Microsoft.