Model comparison
Mercury 2.5 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 33.0 to 23.3.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mercury 2.5 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Inception | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 31.3 |
| Released | 2026-09-08 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 260K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.04 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mercury 2.5 leads
Mercury 2.5: 39.5 (#156), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 38.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1093 |
| ALE-Bench | 301.65 | — |
Reasoning Mercury 2.5 leads
Mercury 2.5: 22.4 (#193), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1087 |
Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Mercury 2.5: 23.3 (#272), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1152 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1051 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1013 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1033 |
| LMArena German | — | 1031 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 880 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1019 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1058 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1042 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mercury 2.5: —, Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)
| Benchmark | Mercury 2.5 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1045 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1049 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mercury 2.5 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?
Mercury 2.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.5 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mercury 2.5 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?
Mercury 2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mercury 2.5 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mercury 2.5 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.