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Phi 4 Mini vs Pixtral-12B
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Mini leads with 7.0% higher average benchmark score. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Phi 4 Mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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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.
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Mistral AI
Pixtral 12B was introduced as Mistral's multimodal vision-language model, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built with 12 billion parameters for integrated visual and textual processing, it extends Mistral's capabilities into multimodal applications.
4 months newer
Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
2025-02-01
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
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Phi 4 Mini
Average Score:65.7%(+7.0%)
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Pixtral-12B
Average Score:58.7%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Phi 4 Mini
2024-06-01
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Phi 4 Mini
0 providers
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Pixtral-12B
1 providers
Mistral AI
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Phi 4 Mini
Avg Score:65.7%(+7.0%)
Providers:0
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Pixtral-12B
Avg Score:58.7%
Providers:1