Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Phi-4 Mini
Phi-4 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 1 category and Phi-4 Mini in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi-4 Mini leads 25.3 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 7.4% for Ministral 8B and 23.5% for Phi-4 Mini.
- Phi-4 Mini is cheaper at $0.075 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.15 for Ministral 8B.
- Ministral 8B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 262K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Phi-4 Mini leads
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Phi-4 Mini leads
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | 23.5% |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Phi-4 Mini?
Phi-4 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Phi-4 Mini?
Phi-4 Mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Ministral 8B lists at $0.15 and $0.15.
Is Ministral 8B or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.0 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 8B does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Phi-4 Mini share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.