Model comparison
Phi-4 vs Phi-4 Mini
Phi-4 and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Phi-4 scores higher in 2 categories and Phi-4 Mini in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Phi-4 leads 32.6 to 25.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 3.7% for Phi-4 and 23.5% for Phi-4 Mini.
- Phi-4 is cheaper at $0.07 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $0.075 / $0.30 for Phi-4 Mini.
Side by side
| Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2024-12-11 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Max output | 4K | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.07 | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 37 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Phi-4 leads
Phi-4: 34.4 (#239), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1231 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi-4: 22.8 (#128), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 28.8% | — |
| BALROG | 11.6% | — |
Reasoning Phi-4 Mini leads
Phi-4: 17.7 (#291), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 47.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 45.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.42 | — |
| LiveBench | 41.6% | — |
Math Not comparable
Phi-4: 20.8 (#285), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 13.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 42% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1246 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 64.9% | — |
Knowledge Phi-4 leads
Phi-4: 32.6 (#209), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.7% | 23.5% |
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| Confabulations | 29.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1203 | — |
| MMLU | 84.8% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi-4: 37.2 (#237), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1197 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1212 | — |
| LMArena French | 1224 | — |
| LMArena German | 1222 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1158 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1151 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1234 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi-4: 60.4 (#251), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.4% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1201 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Phi-4: 36.9 (#226), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1217 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi-4: 40.5 (#244), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1217 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1182 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 62.6% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1206 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi-4 better than Phi-4 Mini?
Phi-4 and Phi-4 Mini score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 30.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Phi-4 or Phi-4 Mini?
Phi-4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.07 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Phi-4 Mini lists at $0.075 and $0.30.
Is Phi-4 or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Phi-4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 128K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Phi-4 and Phi-4 Mini share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Phi-4 has 37 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.