Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B 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 knowledge, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 28.1 to 12.5.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 27.8 | 30.7 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | 1093 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1088 |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1152 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | 1051 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multilingual Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | 1013 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | 1033 |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | 1019 |
| LMArena German | — | 1031 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 880 |
Instruction Following Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | 1058 |
Long Context Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | 1042 |
Writing & Preference Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | 1045 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | 1049 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?
Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Ministral 8B or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?
Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.