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Phi 4 vs Phi 4 Mini Instruct
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Winner summary
Phi 4 wins on 6/7 benchmarks
Phi 4 wins 6 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · general · knowledge.
Category leads
speed·Phi 4general·Phi 4knowledge·Phi 4language·Phi 4 Mini Instructmath·Phi 4reasoning·Phi 4
Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
Phi 4
#209 by perf·#20 by attention
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
#265 by perf·#20 by attention
Best value
Phi 4
2.7x better value than Phi 4 Mini Instruct
Phi 4
372.4 pts/$
$0.11/M
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
136.7 pts/$
$0.21/M
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Microsoft
$3.96T·Big Tech
Microsoft
$3.96T·Big Tech
Head to head
7 benchmarks · 2 models
Phi 4Phi 4 Mini Instruct
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Phi 4 leads by +2.9
Phi 4
5.9
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
3.0
BBH (HuggingFace)
Phi 4 leads by +16.9
Phi 4
55.7
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
38.7
GPQA
Phi 4 leads by +1.2
Phi 4
9.2
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
7.9
IFEval
Phi 4 Mini Instruct leads by +8.9
Phi 4
64.8
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
73.8
MATH Level 5
Phi 4 leads by +28.3
Phi 4
45.2
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
17.0
MMLU-PRO
Phi 4 leads by +15.8
Phi 4
48.3
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
32.6
MUSR
Phi 4 leads by +5.0
Phi 4
11.4
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
6.5
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Phi 4 | Phi 4 Mini Instruct |
|---|---|---|
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index | 5.9 | 3.0 |
BBH (HuggingFace) | 55.7 | 38.7 |
GPQA | 9.2 | 7.9 |
IFEval | 64.8 | 73.8 |
MATH Level 5 | 45.2 | 17.0 |
MMLU-PRO | 48.3 | 32.6 |
MUSR | 11.4 | 6.5 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.07 | $0.14 | 16K tokens (~8 books) | $0.88 | |
| $0.08 | $0.35 | 131K tokens (~66 books) | $1.48 |