Model comparison

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Medium 3.1 Mistral AI

31.9

Rank #266 Reported

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.5 to 27.1.
  • Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
Mistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderMistral AIMicrosoft
Noometry Index31.929.7
Released—2024-04-23
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window131K—
Max output105K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked319

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—29.6%
LMArena Coding—1039
BigCodeBench Complete—40.6%

Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads

Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
NYT Connections (extended)6.5%—
Thematic Generalization20.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1028

Math Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Math—1089

Knowledge Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Expert—984

Multilingual Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1000
LMArena Chinese—1016
LMArena French—1039
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Russian—1004
LMArena Spanish—1059

Instruction Following Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following—1023

Long Context Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—996

Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads

Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text—1050
LMArena Creative Writing—1024
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1476—
LMArena Multi-Turn—989

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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