# Mistral vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

> Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-phi-3-medium-4k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 5 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads 29.6 to 16.3.
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 32.4 |
| Rank | 297 | 246 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1130 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1127 |

## Math

- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1173 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1108 |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1094 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1108 |
| LMArena French | 1179 | 1109 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1101 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1012 | 1042 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 954 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1145 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1095 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1114 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1154 | 1120 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
- Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1138 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1106 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1088 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.4 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (33.2 vs 32.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.