# Mistral Small 3.2 vs Phi-4 Mini

> Mistral Small 3.2 and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-2-vs-phi-4-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Phi-4 Mini leads 22.4 to 18.1.
- Both cost about the same: $0.0938 input and $0.25 output per million tokens.
- Mistral Small 3.2 accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 30.9 |
| Rank | 280 | 283 |
| Context | 256K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.0938 | $0.075 |
| Output $/M | $0.25 | $0.30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Small 3.2: —
- Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
- Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | — |

## Math

- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
- Phi-4 Mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
- Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.5% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
- Phi-4 Mini: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Phi-4 Mini?

Mistral Small 3.2 and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.2 or Phi-4 Mini?

Phi-4 Mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Mistral Small 3.2 lists at $0.0938 and $0.25.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Small 3.2 does, with 256K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Phi-4 Mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.