Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning leads with 12.6% higher average benchmark score. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. 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
Qwen2.5-VL 32B was developed as a mid-sized vision-language model, designed to balance multimodal capability with practical deployment considerations. Built with 32 billion parameters for vision and language integration, it serves applications requiring strong visual understanding without flagship-scale resources.
2 months newer

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-02-28

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

Phi 4 Reasoning

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

Phi 4 Reasoning

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Phi 4 Reasoning

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct