Model comparison
Mistral vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Mistral and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads 26.8 to 16.6.
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 29.7 |
| Released | — | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 19 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral leads
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1028 |
Math Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1089 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
Knowledge Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 984 |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
Multilingual Mistral leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1016 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1039 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1059 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1023 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Mistral leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 996 |
Writing & Preference Mistral leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 989 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?
Mistral and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 29.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Mistral or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?
Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.