Model comparison
Mistral Medium vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Mistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium leads 60.0 to 27.1.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 36.3 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2023-12-11 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 36 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 34.2 (#243), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1434 | 1039 |
| FrontierCode | 8% | — |
| SciCode | 40.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
| ALE-Bench | 763.98 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Medium: 28.3 (#90), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.7% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 24.0 (#167), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1426 | 1028 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 75.5% | — |
| LMCA | 26.1% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 26.9% | — |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Mistral Medium: 28.1 (#245), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1408 | 1089 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 32.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 81.6% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.3% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Mistral Medium: 25.0 (#265), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1408 | 984 |
| GPQA Diamond | 59.5% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 22.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium: 35.3 (#88), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1172 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 52.1 (#91), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1408 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1459 | 1039 |
| LMArena German | 1432 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1378 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1380 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1433 | 1059 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 73.7 (#116), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1398 | 1023 |
Long Context Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 42.9 (#114), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1406 | 996 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 60.0 (#103), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1424 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1391 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | 989 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 77.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Mistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Medium or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
Mistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium has 36 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.