# Mistral Large 3 vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-phi-3-small-8k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.2 to 31.3.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 28.8 |
| Rank | 172 | 310 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.4 (#313)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1102 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1100 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 25.4 (#247)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | 1151 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#237)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1067 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.6 (#267)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1134 |
| LMArena German | 1438 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1412 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1437 | 1111 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 52.2 (#287)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1402 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#262)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1088 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.3 (#279)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1385 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1068 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.