Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Phi-4 Mini
Mistral Small 3 and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Small 3 leads 36.5 to 28.1.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.075 / $0.30 for Phi-4 Mini.
- Phi-4 Mini accepts more context: 128K tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3 | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 33K | 128K |
| Max output | 16K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | — |
Reasoning Phi-4 Mini leads
Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.07 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1240 | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1198 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1204 | — |
| LMArena French | 1203 | — |
| LMArena German | 1211 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1195 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 707 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1217 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3 better than Phi-4 Mini?
Mistral Small 3 and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3 or Phi-4 Mini?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Phi-4 Mini lists at $0.075 and $0.30.
Is Mistral Small 3 or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Phi-4 Mini does, with 128K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and Phi-4 Mini share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.