Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Magistral Medium leads 46.5 to 27.3.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 34.8 | 29.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 38.6 (#161), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1040 |
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Magistral Medium: 8.7 (#342), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1028 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 32.4 (#187), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1249 | 1089 |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 32.9 (#199), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1222 | 984 |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 39.8 (#219), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1268 | 1038 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1176 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1269 | 1058 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 66.2 (#207), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1023 |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#178), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 996 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 46.5 (#214), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 989 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Medium or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.