Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct offers 124.9K more tokens in context window than Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking. Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is $1.50 cheaper per million tokens. Phi-4-multimodal-instruct supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Multimodal was created to handle multiple input modalities including text, images, and potentially other formats. Built to extend Phi-4's efficiency into multimodal applications, it demonstrates that compact models can successfully integrate diverse information types.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Next 80B Thinking was created as a reasoning-enhanced variant, designed to incorporate extended analytical capabilities into the Qwen3-Next architecture. Built to handle complex problem-solving with mixture-of-experts efficiency, it serves applications requiring both deep reasoning and computational practicality.
7 months newer

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
Microsoft
2025-02-01

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Context window and performance specifications
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
2024-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
DeepInfra

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Thinking
Novita