Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 27.1.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2025-06-20 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1028 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1089 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 984 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1016 |
| LMArena French | — | 1039 |
| LMArena German | — | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1059 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1023 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 996 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1024 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 989 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.