# Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Phi-3.5-mini

> Mistral Medium 3.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#266); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-medium-3-1-vs-phi-3-5-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- Phi-3.5-mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 36.9 |
| Rank | 266 | — |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | — |
| Output $/M | $2 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Phi-3.5-mini: 34.6 (#232)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.5% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 6.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 20.3% | — |
| PIQA | — | 81% |

## Math

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | — | 86.2% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| BoolQ | — | 78% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1476 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Phi-3.5-mini?

Mistral Medium 3.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#266); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi-3.5-mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Phi-3.5-mini has 5.