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 128,000-token context window.
INPUT
$0.130/M
per million input tokens
OUTPUT
$0.520/M
per million output tokens
CONTEXT
128,000
tokens
What it is good at
- Phone / edge capable
- Open weights (MIT)
- Permissive license
Typical use cases
- On-device chat
- Edge inference
Benchmarks
vs. best public score
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 128,000 tokens of context in a single request.
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.