Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus leads with 34.0% 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 7B was created as an efficient variant in the Qwen2 family, designed to provide capable instruction-following with 7 billion parameters. Built to serve as a practical foundation for applications requiring reliable language understanding, it balances performance with deployment efficiency.
9 months newer

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen2 7B Instruct