Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Mistral Small 3 leads 63.7 to 51.9.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 33K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | 1101 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | 1100 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.07 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1240 | 1151 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
Knowledge Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | 1067 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1198 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1204 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1203 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1211 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1188 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1111 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1234 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1195 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1217 | 1068 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 707 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3 better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small 3 or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.