Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. 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 Coder 7B was created as an efficient coding-specialized model, designed to bring strong programming capabilities to resource-conscious deployments. Built with 7 billion parameters optimized for code understanding and generation, it provides developers with a lightweight option for code-related tasks.
7 months newer

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct