Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. 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-4 Mini Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the ultra-compact Phi-4 Mini architecture. Built to demonstrate that reasoning enhancements can be applied even to very small models, it brings analytical depth to resource-constrained environments.
6 months newer

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Context window and performance specifications
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Ministral 8B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Ministral 8B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning