GPT-4 Turbo vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
GPT-4 Turbo leads the LLM Stats Score 9.0 to 1.9.
OpenAI · Microsoft · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
GPT-4 Turbo leads the overall LLM Stats Score 9.0 to 1.9, ranking #269 overall.
In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, GPT-4 Turbo wins 5; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose GPT-4 Turbo
- overall performance matters — it scores 9.0 and ranks #269 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 5 exact shared results
Choose Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2024
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
6 reported for GPT-4 Turbo · 31 for Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
GPT-4 Turbo outperforms in 5 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MGSM, MMLU), while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.
GPT-4 Turbo significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only GPT-4 Turbo specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only GPT-4 Turbo specifies output context (4,096 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
GPT-4 Turbo 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.
Proprietary
Closed source
MIT
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
GPT-4 Turbo was released on 2024-04-09, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is 5 months newer than GPT-4 Turbo.
Apr 9, 2024
2.4 years ago
Aug 23, 2024
2.1 years ago
4mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-4 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-31, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm GPT-4 Turbo's training data extends to 2023-12-31, but cannot make a direct comparison without Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date.
Dec 2023
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against GPT-4 Turbo and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about GPT-4 Turbo vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct.