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Phi-3 Mini

Tiny

The 3.8B Phi-3 that launched the small-language-model thesis. Original "good enough on a phone" Phi.

Phi-3 Mini is a efficient AI model from Microsoft. It costs $0.130 per million input tokens and $0.520 per million output tokens (blended $0.247/M), with a 128K-token context window.

Released Apr 2024Modalities textOfficial model page ↗API docs ↗Compare with another model →Estimate monthly cost →
INPUT
$0.130/M
per million input tokens
OUTPUT
$0.520/M
per million output tokens
BLENDED 70/30
$0.247/M
default reference rate · how it's calculated →
CONTEXT
128K
128,000 tokens
What it's good at
  • Phone / edge capable
  • Open weights (MIT)
  • Permissive license
Typical use cases
  • On-device chat
  • Edge inference
Benchmarks
vs. best public score
MMLU69%
Multitask academic knowledge across 57 subjects.
MATH49%
High-school competition math problems.
HumanEval59%
Python function synthesis from docstrings.
Hand-curated from each provider's published reports and public leaderboards. Methodology varies across sources — treat as directional rather than authoritative.
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Frequently asked questions

How much does Phi-3 Mini cost?

Phi-3 Mini costs $0.130 per million input tokens and $0.520 per million output tokens, for a blended reference rate of $0.247 per million tokens.

What is Phi-3 Mini's context window?

Phi-3 Mini supports up to 128K tokens of context (128,000 tokens).

What is Phi-3 Mini best for?

Phi-3 Mini is well suited to Phone / edge capable, Open weights (MIT) and Permissive license.

Who makes Phi-3 Mini?

Phi-3 Mini is developed and served by Microsoft. It was released in Apr 2024.