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Atria Dawn Preview vs Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -3.8.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -3.8, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
-3.8
#346
Reasoning
50.5
#12
-4.7
#342
Coding
36.2
#22
-6.8
#261
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 31 for Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and Phi-3.5-mini-instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

740.2B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 740.2B more parameters than Phi-3.5-mini-instruct, making it 19478.9% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
3.8Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
3.8B
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Phi-3.5-mini-instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Phi-3.5-mini-instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Tue Sep 15 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under MIT.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Phi-3.5-mini-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Atria Dawn Preview is 25 months newer than Phi-3.5-mini-instruct.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

4 days ago

2.1yr newer
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Atria Dawn Preview
✓ Preferred
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Phi-3.5-mini-instruct.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Phi-3.5-mini-instruct?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -3.8. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Phi-3.5-mini-instruct in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Phi-3.5-mini-instruct scores GSM8k: 86.2%, ARC-C: 84.6%, RULER: 84.1%, PIQA: 81.0%, OpenBookQA: 79.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Atria Dawn Preview and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct?

Atria Dawn Preview supports an unknown number of tokens and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs -3.8). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is developed by Microsoft.

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