Phi 4 vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Phi 4

Microsoft

Phi-4 was introduced as the fourth generation of Microsoft's small language model series, designed to push the boundaries of what compact models can achieve. Built with advanced training techniques and architectural improvements, it demonstrates continued progress in efficient, high-quality language models.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

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.