Mistral Medium 3 vs Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B
Mistral Medium 3 (2025) and Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B (2026) are compact production models from MistralAI and Microsoft Research. Mistral Medium 3 ships a 128k-token context window, while Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B ships a not-yet-sourced context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads. It focuses on practical selection signals rather than broad model-family marketing.
Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B is safer overall; choose Mistral Medium 3 when coding workflow support matters.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Mistral Medium 3 | Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | multimodal apps and tool-calling agents | multimodal apps |
| Decision fit | Coding, RAG, and Agents | Vision |
| Context window | 128k | — |
| Cheapest output | $2/1M tokens | - |
| Provider routes | 1 tracked | 0 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Mistral Medium 3 has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Mistral Medium 3 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Mistral Medium 3 uniquely exposes JSON / Tool use, Structured outputs, and Code execution in local model data.
- Local decision data tags Mistral Medium 3 for Coding, RAG, and Agents.
- Local decision data tags Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B for Vision.
Monthly cost at traffic
Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.
Mistral Medium 3
$820
Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter
Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B
Unavailable
No complete token price in local provider data
Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.
Switch friction
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Mistral Medium 3 and Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Check replacement coverage for JSON / Tool use, Structured outputs, and Code execution before moving production traffic.
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B and Mistral Medium 3; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Mistral Medium 3 adds JSON / Tool use, Structured outputs, and Code execution in local capability data.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025-05-01 | 2026-03-12 |
| Context window | 128k | — |
| Parameters | — | 15B |
| Architecture | Decoder Only | - |
| License | Proprietary | MITOSI-approved |
| Openness | Proprietary | Open source |
| Weights | Not released | Unknown |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Commercial use: conditional | Commercial use: permitted |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2025-03 | 2025-03 |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Mistral Medium 3 | Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.40/1M tokens | - |
| Output price | $2/1M tokens | - |
| Providers | - |
Capabilities
| Capability | Mistral Medium 3 | Phi-4 Reasoning Vision 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | Yes | Yes |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| JSON / Tool use | Yes | No |
| Structured outputs | Yes | No |
| Code execution | Yes | No |
| IDE integration | No | No |
| Computer use | No | No |
| Parallel agents | No | No |
Benchmarks
No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.
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Last reviewed: 2026-06-15. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.