Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 34.1.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 33.0 |
| Released | 2025-06-20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1130 |
Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1127 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | — |
Math Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1173 |
Knowledge Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1108 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1108 |
| LMArena French | — | 1110 |
| LMArena German | — | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1095 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1113 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1120 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1107 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1088 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?
Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.0 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.