Model comparison
Mistral Large vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 33.4 to 18.2.
Side by side
| Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2024-02-26 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | — |
| Results tracked | 51 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large leads
Mistral Large: 34.3 (#240), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1277 | 1130 |
| SciCode | 36.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 30% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 38.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 264.7 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 62.2% | — |
| MBPP+ | 59.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large: 28.6 (#89), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 38.4% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Mistral Large: 15.8 (#310), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1127 |
| SimpleBench | 22.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.5% | — |
| DTBench | 65.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 50.1% | — |
| LMCA | 16.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 128.52 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 48.4% | — |
Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Mistral Large: 18.2 (#291), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1262 | 1173 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 8.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 28.1% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 42.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 50.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.3% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Mistral Large: 30.1 (#230), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1232 | 1108 |
| GPQA Diamond | 51.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 59.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 21.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.5% | — |
| MMLU | 80% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large leads
Mistral Large: 40.0 (#219), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1237 | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1240 | 1108 |
| LMArena French | 1325 | 1110 |
| LMArena German | 1254 | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1188 | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | 1202 | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | 1257 | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1268 | 1095 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large leads
Mistral Large: 67.9 (#191), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1249 | 1113 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.9% | — |
| IFEval | 87.7% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large leads
Mistral Large: 38.3 (#199), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1261 | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large leads
Mistral Large: 40.7 (#242), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1266 | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1243 | 1107 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1260 | 1088 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 69% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 985 | — |
| WildBench | 80.1% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 39.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Large or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?
Mistral Large scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.3 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large has 51 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.