Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus leads with 19.0% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Phi 4 Reasoning Plus is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Reasoning Plus was created as an enhanced reasoning variant, designed to provide even deeper analytical capabilities within the Phi-4 family. Built to maximize reasoning quality while maintaining the efficiency benefits of small models, it represents the most capable reasoning-focused option in the Phi-4 series.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B was developed as the flagship model in the Qwen2 generation, designed to provide advanced language understanding with 72 billion parameters. Built to deliver strong performance across diverse tasks, it represented a significant advancement in Qwen's model capabilities when introduced.
9 months newer

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen2 72B Instruct