# Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024

> Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.5 vs 30.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-medium-3-1-vs-phi-3-mini-4k-instruct-june
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.6 to 29.7.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.5 | 30.7 |
| Rank | 260 | 274 |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | — |
| Output $/M | $2 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.2 (#275)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1093 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 19.9 (#229)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 6.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 20.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1088 |

## Math

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 30.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1152 |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.1 (#240)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1051 |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 26.0 (#277)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1013 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1033 |
| LMArena German | — | 1031 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 880 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1019 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.3 (#277)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1058 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.6 (#272)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1042 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.7 (#289)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1045 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1476 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1049 |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?

Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.5 vs 30.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.