Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.3 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 Small 8k Instruct in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Magistral Medium leads 46.3 to 31.1.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1101 |
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
Reasoning Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1100 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1151 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | 1111 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Medium or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.