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Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct vs Phi 4 Mini Instruct

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Winner summary

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct wins 3 of 3 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed.

Category leads
speed·Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
Hype vs Reality
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
#75 by perf·no signal
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Phi 4 Mini Instruct
#187 by perf·no signal
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Best value
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
91.4 pts/$
$0.60/M
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
no price
Vendor risk
Alibaba Qwen logo
Alibaba (Qwen)
$293.0B·Tier 1
Low risk
Microsoft logo
Microsoft
$3.00T·Big Tech
Low risk
Head to head
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructPhi 4 Mini Instruct
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct leads by +11.5
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
14.2
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
2.7
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct leads by +11.7
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
15.3
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
3.6
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct leads by +11.7
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct
20.1
Phi 4 Mini Instruct
8.4
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkQwen3 Next 80B A3B InstructPhi 4 Mini Instruct
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
14.22.7
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
15.33.6
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
20.18.4
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
Alibaba Qwen logoQwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct$0.09$1.10262K tokens (~131 books)$3.43
Microsoft logoPhi 4 Mini Instruct