Mistral NeMo Instruct vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Mistral NeMo Instruct and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct are closely matched at -4.7 and 2.0 on the LLM Stats Score.
Mistral AI · Microsoft · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Mistral NeMo Instruct and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -4.7 and 2.0.
In the 5 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct wins 5; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Mistral NeMo Instruct
- you want predictable pricing at $0.02/M input and $0.03/M output
Choose Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 5 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2024
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
8 reported for Mistral NeMo Instruct · 31 for Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Mistral NeMo Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is better at 5 benchmarks (HellaSwag, MMLU, OpenBookQA, TruthfulQA, Winogrande).
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct has 48.0B more parameters than Mistral NeMo Instruct, making it 400.0% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Mistral NeMo Instruct specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Mistral NeMo Instruct specifies output context (131,072 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Mistral NeMo Instruct is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct uses MIT.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
MIT
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Mistral NeMo Instruct was released on 2024-07-18, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is 1 month newer than Mistral NeMo Instruct.
Jul 18, 2024
2.1 years ago
Aug 23, 2024
2.0 years ago
1mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Mistral NeMo Instruct and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Mistral NeMo Instruct vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct.