# Mistral Small 3.2 vs Phi-3.5-mini

> Mistral Small 3.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#271); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-2-vs-phi-3-5-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 36.4 |
| Rank | 271 | — |
| Context | 256K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.25 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Small 3.2: —
- Phi-3.5-mini: 34.0 (#231)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 32.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.5% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | — |
| PIQA | — | 81% |

## Math

- Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 86.2% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
| BoolQ | — | 78% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)
- Phi-3.5-mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Phi-3.5-mini?

Mistral Small 3.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#271); Phi-3.5-mini does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Phi-3.5-mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Phi-3.5-mini has 5.