Model comparison

Mistral Large 3 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 29.6.

Side by side

Mistral Large 3 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 specifications
Mistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
ProviderMistral AIMicrosoft
Noometry Index39.131.3
Released2025-12-02—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K—
Max output8K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.25—
Output $ / M tokens$0.75—
Results tracked2415

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 3 leads

Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Coding14481093
LMArena WebDev1230—

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads

Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Hard Prompts14291087
Kagi LLM Benchmark50.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)7.5%—
Thematic Generalization23%—

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Math14141152

Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads

Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Expert14211051
Vectara Hallucination Rate14.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Vision1221—

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Non-English14131013
LMArena Chinese14471033
LMArena German14371031
LMArena Japanese1394954
LMArena Korean1384880
LMArena Russian14111019
LMArena French1455—
LMArena Spanish1440—

Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads

Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Instruction Following14031058

Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads

Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Longer Query14131042

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
LMArena Text14281080
LMArena Creative Writing13861045
LMArena Multi-Turn14291049
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1412—

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Large 3 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Mistral Large 3 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.

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