Model comparison

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.5 vs 32.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

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Mistral Medium 3.1 Mistral AI

31.5

Rank #260 Reported

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

32.4

Rank #246 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.6 to 34.3.
  • Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
Mistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderMistral AIMicrosoft
Noometry Index31.532.4
Released——
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window131K—
Max output105K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked317

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding—1130

Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
NYT Connections (extended)6.5%—
Thematic Generalization20.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1127

Math Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math—1173

Knowledge Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert—1108

Multilingual Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1094
LMArena Chinese—1108
LMArena French—1109
LMArena German—1101
LMArena Japanese—1042
LMArena Korean—954
LMArena Russian—1145
LMArena Spanish—1095

Instruction Following Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1114

Long Context Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1120

Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads

Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text—1138
LMArena Creative Writing—1106
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1476—
LMArena Multi-Turn—1088

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.5 vs 32.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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