Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Both models have similar pricing. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B was developed as a compact yet capable model from Mistral AI, designed to provide strong instruction-following with just 8 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring efficient deployment while maintaining reliable performance, it represents Mistral's smallest production-ready offering.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 Mini was developed by Microsoft as a small language model designed to deliver impressive performance despite its compact size. Built with efficiency in mind, it demonstrates that capable language understanding and generation can be achieved with fewer parameters, making AI more accessible for edge and resource-constrained deployments.
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Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Ministral 8B Instruct

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Ministral 8B Instruct

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Azure