Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning leads with 23.2% higher average benchmark score. Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct is available on 4 providers. Overall, Phi 4 Reasoning is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended analytical thinking into the Phi-4 architecture, designed to spend more time on complex problem-solving. Built to combine compact model efficiency with reasoning depth, it represents Microsoft's exploration of thoughtful small models.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B was developed as a specialized coding model, designed to excel at programming tasks with 32 billion parameters specifically optimized for code. Built to understand and generate code across multiple programming languages, it serves developers requiring advanced code completion, debugging, and explanation capabilities.
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Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Phi 4 Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Phi 4 Reasoning

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Phi 4 Reasoning
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi 4 Reasoning

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
DeepInfra

Phi 4 Reasoning

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct

Phi 4 Reasoning

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Fireworks
Hyperbolic
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