# Magistral Small vs Phi-3.5-mini

> Magistral Small has enough public results to be ranked (#289); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/magistral-small-vs-phi-3-5-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Magistral Small leads 37.8 to 34.0.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Small | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 36.4 |
| Rank | 289 | — |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.50 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
- Phi-3.5-mini: 34.0 (#231)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.5% |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
| PIQA | — | 81% |

## Math

- Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 86.2% |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| BoolQ | — | 78% |

## FAQ

### Is Magistral Small better than Phi-3.5-mini?

Magistral Small has enough public results to be ranked (#289); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Magistral Small or Phi-3.5-mini better for coding?

Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Phi-3.5-mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Phi-3.5-mini has 5.