Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning leads with 34.9% higher average benchmark score. 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 7B was created as an efficient coding-specialized model, designed to bring strong programming capabilities to resource-conscious deployments. Built with 7 billion parameters optimized for code understanding and generation, it provides developers with a lightweight option for code-related tasks.
7 months newer

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

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

Phi 4 Reasoning

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Phi 4 Reasoning
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi 4 Reasoning

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Phi 4 Reasoning

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct