Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Mistral Small 3 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 31.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 33.0 to 16.3.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 31.3 |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 33K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | 1093 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | 1087 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.07 | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1240 | 1152 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | 1051 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1198 | 1013 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1204 | 1033 |
| LMArena German | 1211 | 1031 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | 1188 | 880 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1019 |
| LMArena French | 1203 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | 1058 |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | 1042 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1234 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1195 | 1045 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1217 | 1049 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 707 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?
Mistral Small 3 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 31.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Mistral Small 3 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.