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Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 23 April 2024. It is generally available. It takes text and returns text.
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Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 23 April 2024. It is generally available. It takes text and returns text. Its context window is 4,096 tokens. Its longest answer is 4,096 tokens. Its weights are open. Its licence is MIT. Its knowledge cutoff is October 2023.
- Released
- 23 April 2024 — www.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Generally available — learn.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Yes — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- MIT — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Context window
- 4,096 tokens — learn.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Longest answer
- 4,096 tokens — learn.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Knowledge cutoff
- October 2023 — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: The current Microsoft pricing page lists the model with "$-" for input pricing, not a numeric standard-tier API price.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: The current Microsoft pricing page lists the model with "$-" for output pricing, not a numeric standard-tier API price.
- Where
- API, Downloadable weights, Cloud marketplaces — learn.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- 3,800,000,000 — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Model card
- https://huggingface.co/microsoft/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct — github.com, read 16 October 2026
Benchmarks
Measured by others, not by the maker: each score with the name the measurer gives the model and the setting it ran, its day and its licence.
Arena
- Text Arena, phi-3-mini-4k-instruct: 1,128 (1,122–1,135, 20,118 votes), published 15 October 2026
Arena’s leaderboard dataset (lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face), CC BY 4.0: ratings from people’s votes between two anonymous models, as Arena publishes them. Data · CC BY 4.0
Questions
When was Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct released?
Microsoft released Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct on 23 April 2024.
Is Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct still available?
Yes: it is generally available, as Microsoft states it.
What is the context window of Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct?
The context window of Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct is 4,096 tokens, as Microsoft prints it.
Are the weights of Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct open?
Yes: Microsoft publishes the weights of Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct for download.
What is the licence of Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct?
The licence of Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct is MIT, as Microsoft names it.
What does Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct take and return?
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct takes text and returns text.
What is the knowledge cutoff of Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct?
The knowledge cutoff of Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct is October 2023.
How many parameters does Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct have?
Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct has 3,800,000,000 parameters, as Microsoft publishes it.
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Sources
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- microsoft/Phi-3-mini-4k-instruct (read 16 October 2026)
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