Model comparison
Phi-4 Mini vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Phi-4 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.4 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Phi-4 Mini leads 21.7 to 17.7.
Side by side
| Phi-4 Mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 28.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.075 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Results tracked | 3 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Phi-4 Mini: 27.6 (#312), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 10.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 999 |
Reasoning Phi-4 Mini leads
Phi-4 Mini: 21.7 (#190), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 976 |
Math Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1026 |
Knowledge Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Phi-4 Mini: 24.8 (#261), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 23.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 980 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1024 |
| LMArena German | — | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 952 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 979 |
Long Context Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 988 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 977 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi-4 Mini better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Phi-4 Mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.4 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi-4 Mini or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (27.6 vs 28.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Phi-4 Mini and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-4 Mini has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.