# Mistral Nemo vs Phi-4

> Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-nemo-vs-phi-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Nemo scores higher in 3 categories and Phi-4 in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi-4 leads 32.6 to 12.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 10.8% for Mistral Nemo and 64.9% for Phi-4.
- Phi-4 is cheaper at $0.07 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.15 for Mistral Nemo.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 26.4 | 31.2 |
| Rank | 337 | 279 |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | $0.07 |
| Output $/M | $0.15 | $0.14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Nemo: —
- Phi-4: 34.4 (#239)

| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.5% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 30.7% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1231 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 55.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)
- Phi-4: 22.8 (#128)

| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.6% | 28.8% |
| BALROG | 17.6% | 11.6% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)
- Phi-4: 17.7 (#291)

| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.68 | 130.42 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 47.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1220 |
| DTBench | 48.6% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 45.2% |
| LiveBench | — | 41.6% |
| PIQA | 83.5% | — |

## Math

- Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)
- Phi-4: 20.8 (#285)

| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 10.8% | 64.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 13.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 42% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1246 |
| GSM8K | 84.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)
- Phi-4: 32.6 (#209)

| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 29.9% | 56.1% |
| Confabulations | — | 29.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 3.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1203 |
| BoolQ | 82.5% | — |
| MMLU | — | 84.8% |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Nemo: —
- Phi-4: 37.2 (#237)

| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1197 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1212 |
| LMArena French | — | 1224 |
| LMArena German | — | 1222 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1158 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1151 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1209 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1234 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Nemo: —
- Phi-4: 60.4 (#251)

| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1201 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Nemo: —
- Phi-4: 36.9 (#226)

| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1217 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)
- Phi-4: 40.5 (#244)

| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1217 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1182 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 62.6% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 881 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1206 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Nemo better than Phi-4?

Phi-4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Nemo or Phi-4?

Phi-4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.07 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Mistral Nemo lists at $0.15 and $0.15.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 128K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Nemo and Phi-4 share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Nemo has 10 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 has 37.