Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct leads with 23.8% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available on 2 providers. Overall, Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 24B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the 24B base model, designed to follow user instructions reliably. Built to serve general-purpose applications requiring moderate capability, it balances performance with deployment practicality.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Mini was created as an even more compact variant of Phi-4, designed to bring fourth-generation capabilities to the smallest possible footprint. Built for extreme efficiency scenarios, it enables AI capabilities on devices and applications where resources are severely constrained.
2 days newer

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-01-30

Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
2025-02-01
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Phi 4 Mini
2024-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra
Mistral AI


Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini
Phi 4 Mini