Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Phi-4 Mini
Magistral Small and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.2 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 2 categories and Phi-4 Mini in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Phi-4 Mini leads 22.4 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 35.2% for Magistral Small and 10.8% for Phi-4 Mini.
- Phi-4 Mini is cheaper at $0.075 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Max output | 40K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | 10.8% |
Reasoning Phi-4 Mini leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Not comparable
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Phi-4 Mini?
Magistral Small and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.2 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or Phi-4 Mini?
Phi-4 Mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.
Is Magistral Small or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 128K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Phi-4 Mini share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.