Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini is a language model developed by Microsoft. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 65.4% across 17 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (88.6%), ARC-C (83.7%), BoolQ (81.2%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Microsoft's latest advancement in AI technology.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is a language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The model shows competitive results across 19 benchmarks. It excels particularly in HumanEval (88.4%), GSM8k (83.9%), MBPP (83.5%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
4 months newer
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
2025-02-01
Average performance across 28 common benchmarks
Phi 4 Mini
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Phi 4 Mini
2024-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Phi 4 Mini
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Phi 4 Mini
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct