# Ministral 8B vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

> Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ministral-8b-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-june
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads 28.1 to 12.5.

## Snapshot

| | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 27.8 | 30.7 |
| Rank | 321 | 274 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.10 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | 1093 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1088 |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |

## Math

- Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1152 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | 1051 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | 1013 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | 1033 |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | 1019 |
| LMArena German | — | 1031 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 880 |

## Instruction Following

- Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | 1058 |

## Long Context

- Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | 1042 |

## Writing & Preference

- Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)

| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | 1045 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | 1049 |

## FAQ

### Is Ministral 8B better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.7 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Ministral 8B or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?

Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.