Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning leads with 6.7% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available on 2 providers. Overall, Phi 4 Mini Reasoning 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 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.
3 months newer

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

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra
Mistral AI


Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning