Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct leads with 37.8% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Mini was created as an even more compact variant of Phi-4, designed to bring fourth-generation capabilities to the smallest possible footprint. Built for extreme efficiency scenarios, it enables AI capabilities on devices and applications where resources are severely constrained.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next 80B Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of Qwen3-Next 80B, designed to combine large-scale mixture-of-experts architecture with reliable instruction-following. Built to demonstrate efficient deployment of capable models, it balances advanced performance with practical computational efficiency.
7 months newer

Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
2025-02-01

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Phi 4 Mini

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Phi 4 Mini
2024-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi 4 Mini

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Novita

Phi 4 Mini

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Phi 4 Mini

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct