Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Phi-4
Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 4 categories and Phi-4 in 5 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi-4 leads 32.6 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 14.9% for Ministral 8B and 64.9% for Phi-4.
- Phi-4 is cheaper at $0.07 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.15 for Ministral 8B.
- Ministral 8B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Phi-4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 262K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.07 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.14 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Phi-4: 34.4 (#239)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | 1231 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 30.7% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Phi-4 leads
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Phi-4: 22.8 (#128)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | 28.8% |
| BALROG | — | 11.6% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Phi-4: 17.7 (#291)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1220 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 47.8% |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 45.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 130.42 |
| LiveBench | — | 41.6% |
Math Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Phi-4: 20.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1246 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | 64.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 13.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 42% |
Knowledge Phi-4 leads
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Phi-4: 32.6 (#209)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | 56.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | 3.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | 1203 |
| Confabulations | — | 29.4% |
| MMLU | — | 84.8% |
Multilingual Phi-4 leads
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Phi-4: 37.2 (#237)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | 1197 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | 1212 |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | 1209 |
| LMArena French | — | 1224 |
| LMArena German | — | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1158 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1151 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1234 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Phi-4: 60.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | 1201 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.4% |
Long Context Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Phi-4: 36.9 (#226)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | 1217 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Phi-4: 40.5 (#244)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1217 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | 1182 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | 1206 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 62.6% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.6% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Phi-4?
Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Phi-4?
Phi-4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.07 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Ministral 8B lists at $0.15 and $0.15.
Is Ministral 8B or Phi-4 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (35.0 vs 34.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 8B does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Phi-4 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.