# Mistral Small 3.2 vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

> Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-2-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 27.1.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 29.7 |
| Rank | 280 | 305 |
| Context | 256K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.25 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Small 3.2: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 29.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1039 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.6% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1028 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | — |

## Math

- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1089 |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 984 |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Small 3.2: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1016 |
| LMArena French | — | 1039 |
| LMArena German | — | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1059 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Small 3.2: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1023 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Small 3.2: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 996 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1024 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 989 |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.