Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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
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.
4 months newer

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Microsoft
2025-04-30

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct
Novita

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct