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Phi 3 medium 4k instruct

Arena #351Official publisher releaseOpen weights6.9d #324 → #319

Microsoft·#319 of 352 on the current board

Phi 3 medium 4k instruct is a language model from Microsoft. It ranks #319 of 352 on ModelCap's current board, with an Index score of 11.8, measured on 2 public benchmarks. Its score range of 6.8–16.8 spans positions #295–#344. Its weights are openly downloadable.

Figures as of 7 Nov 2026, 14:00 UTC · download the public dataset · methodology

ModelCap Index · Current board
11.8#319
Measured on 2 public benchmarks · range 6.8–16.8
Evidence as of 6 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
Market Gravity
12.0
Secondary market signal

OpenRouter endpoint status could not be refreshed. This model is not treated as currently served until a successful observation arrives.

Input
Self-hosted
weights only · no listed API price
Output
Self-hosted
weights only · no listed API price
Context
—
tokens
Providers
0
endpoints

Providers

Uptime measured over the last 30 minutes

Current provider status is unavailable.

Reported evaluation leads (2)

Not independent measurement

Structured rows reported in this exact model repository at the pinned revision below. They are the publisher talking about itself: never measured evidence, never a score input on their own. They remain quarantined until dataset revision, harness, configuration and identity pass ModelCap’s independent admission review.

Dataset / taskMetricValueRevisionProvenance
openai/gsm8k
gsm8k
—91
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined
TIGER-Lab/MMLU-Pro
mmlu_pro
—55.7
Unpinned
not published
Reported
Quarantined

Other versions (1)

ModelCap Index · Current board

Methodology
11.8
Measured on 2 public benchmarks
Current board
#319 of 352
Score range
6.8–16.8
Rank range
#295–#344
Evidence as of
6 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
Benchmarks used
Arena Coding, Arena Overall
Technical details
Public rank basis
Measured (measured)
Evidence label
Measured · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards
Index support
62.9% · strong
Identity binding
Exact catalogue product · microsoft/microsoft/Phi-3-medium-4k-instruct · aggregates disclosed benchmark configurations · endpoint configuration not claimed · artifact metadata microsoft/Phi-3-medium-4k-instruct@48d87cd5e0523b430d77e93becd3655cd6897230 (not the evaluation revision)
Index observations used
2
Qualified Index evidence point
11.8
Bayesian Evidence Score · measured evidence input only

BES normalizes admitted public benchmark evidence for measured Index rows. Its legacy score and observables prior do not define the public language rank.

Observed capability
11.8
Evidence status
confirmed · 77% mass
General preference
11.8
Coding
11.4
Agents & tools
—
Reasoning
—
Evidence breadth
92%
Evidence coverage
63%
Market and catalogue signals · secondary, never the language Index rank
Usage (OpenRouter popularity)
—
Liquidity (providers × uptime)
—
Open reach (HF downloads)
79.0
Surface (context / tools / modalities)
0.0
Freshness
3.1
  • · HF 30d downloads 18697
  • · Catalogue surface
  • · First seen 2024-05-07

These adoption and deployment observations remain context only. They do not change this model's ModelCap Index score or rank.

BES evidence selected · measured input only

The bounded 0–100 capability score blends each source’s competitive placement with its published achievement, then combines capability families. Evidence breadth adds a modest uncertainty adjustment; price and popularity are not part of benchmark-led rank.

Deployment readiness

Metadata index
58.4
partial · 70% metadata coverage
Not capability
Artifact reproducibility
85.0
Access & legal clarity
100.0
Deployability
8.0
Evaluation provenance
52.6

Not yet published: the base model it derives from, a current serving provider, measured provider uptime, published provider pricing, declared context and output limits, pinned evaluation dataset versions.

A metadata completeness and deployability index—not a safety certification, quality grade, or production-readiness claim.

Market activity

Venue coverage
Market Gravity
12.0
OpenRouter weekly popularity
Not listed

Market Gravity uses OpenRouter’s full-catalogue popularity order. Sparse Vercel top-ten observations appear only when published and do not affect the score.

Arena preference

Status
Ranked
Source
LMArena
Official rank
#351 of 419
Rating
1198.0
95% confidence interval
1193–1203
Votes
25K
Source published at
6 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC
Category
overall
Identity match confidence
100%

Market Gravity breakdown

Usage55%
0.0

OpenRouter weekly popularity across the full model catalogue.

Liquidity25%
0.0

Independent providers versus the model's open or closed cohort, weighted by uptime.

Open reach15%
79.0

Hugging Face 30-day downloads for open models; neutral for closed models.

Freshness5%
3.1

Time since first public availability, on a six-month half-life.

Specification

Model ID
microsoft/Phi-3-medium-4k-instruct
Declared output cap
Unknown

OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified. OpenRouter metadata

Inputs
Text
Outputs
Text
Cached input tokens
Not offered
First seen on OpenRouter
7 May 2024

Capabilities

  • Not supported: Reasoning
  • Not supported: Tool use
  • Not supported: Structured output
  • Not supported: Response format
  • Not supported: Moderated

Weights & access

Open weights. Downloadable weights are published under an OSI or free-culture license in the current repository metadata. This describes weight availability, not whether the full training stack qualifies as Open Source AI.

Access
Open weights
Licence
mit
Pinned revision
48d87cd5e052
Parameters
14.0B
Architecture
Phi3ForCausalLM
Model type
phi3
Hugging Face downloads (30d)
19K
Downloads (all time)
993K
Likes
231
Repository updated
10 Dec 2025, 20:18 UTC

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Public benchmark boards on which Phi 3 medium 4k instruct has a published result
LeaderboardScoreSource rankConfigurationPublished
Arena text leaderboardArena (LMArena)11981193–1203#351 of 419Not reported6 Nov 2026
Arena coding leaderboardArena (LMArena)12311221–1242#356 of 414Default6 Nov 2026

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Ranked neighbours

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Phi 3 medium 4k instruct: common questions

How does Phi 3 medium 4k instruct rank among AI models?

Phi 3 medium 4k instruct holds ModelCap Index position #319 of 352 ranked language models as of 7 November 2026, with an Index score of 11.8 (interval 6.8–16.8); evidence: measured. The Index combines public benchmark boards with published uncertainty; the methodology page explains the weighting.

How much does Phi 3 medium 4k instruct cost per 1M tokens?

No live API price is listed for Phi 3 medium 4k instruct in the current snapshot as of 7 November 2026 because the latest endpoint refresh was unavailable. ModelCap shows a price only when a provider currently lists one.

Is Phi 3 medium 4k instruct open-weight?

Open weights (mit). Downloadable weights are published under an OSI or free-culture license in the current repository metadata. This describes weight availability, not whether the full training stack qualifies as Open Source AI. The repository is microsoft/Phi-3-medium-4k-instruct on Hugging Face.

Which benchmarks has Phi 3 medium 4k instruct been evaluated on?

Phi 3 medium 4k instruct has published results on 2 public boards tracked by ModelCap as of 7 November 2026: Arena text 1198 (#351 of 419) and Arena coding 1231 (#356 of 414). Each board page ranks every tracked model on that benchmark. The ModelCap Index scores the results its methodology admits, with published uncertainty, and shows reference boards without scoring them.

How does Phi 3 medium 4k instruct compare with Phi 3 small 8k instruct?

Phi 3 medium 4k instruct ranks #319 (Index 11.8) and Phi 3 small 8k instruct ranks #338 (Index 9.0) on the ModelCap Index as of 7 November 2026. The head-to-head page lines up their benchmarks, listed prices, context windows and provider counts side by side.

When was Phi 3 medium 4k instruct released?

Phi 3 medium 4k instruct first appeared in the catalogue on 7 May 2024. It is the current version in its family. Rank and price movements since then are recorded on the site's changes feed.