Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct supports multimodal inputs. 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-VL-72B-Instruct is a multimodal language model developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 75.8% across 15 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQAtest (96.5%), VCR_en_easy (91.9%), ChartQA (88.3%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team's latest advancement in AI technology.
5 months newer
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-08-29
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
2025-02-01
Average performance across 32 common benchmarks
Phi 4 Mini
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
2023-06-30
Phi 4 Mini
2024-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Phi 4 Mini
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct
Phi 4 Mini
Qwen2-VL-72B-Instruct