Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning leads with 2.5% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Mini Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the ultra-compact Phi-4 Mini architecture. Built to demonstrate that reasoning enhancements can be applied even to very small models, it brings analytical depth to resource-constrained environments.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 32B was created as a larger variant in the Qwen 2.5 family, designed to deliver enhanced capabilities with 32 billion parameters. Built to serve applications requiring stronger reasoning and generation quality, it represents a powerful option for demanding language understanding tasks.
7 months newer

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct