Model comparison
Phi-4 Mini vs Qwen3.7 Plus
Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Phi-4 Mini costs 5.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Microsoft
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi-4 Mini scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Plus in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.7 Plus leads 54.9 to 25.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 10.8% for Phi-4 Mini and 45.5% for Qwen3.7 Plus.
- Phi-4 Mini is cheaper at $0.075 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.60 for Qwen3.7 Plus.
- Qwen3.7 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- Phi-4 Mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.9 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-11 | 2026-06-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 4K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.075 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $1.60 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317), Qwen3.7 Plus: 36.6 (#206)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 10.8% | 45.5% |
| FrontierCode | — | 10.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1473 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 21.4 (#138)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OSWorld 2.0 | — | 2.8% |
Reasoning Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195), Qwen3.7 Plus: 39.3 (#59)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 9.1% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.8% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 24% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1460 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 84% |
| LMCA | — | 37.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.37 |
Math Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 50.5 (#56)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 34.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1466 |
Knowledge Qwen3.7 Plus leads
Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262), Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 23.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1467 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 41.8 (#33)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1279 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 54.8 (#38)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1445 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1510 |
| LMArena French | — | 1473 |
| LMArena German | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1413 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1457 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1457 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 75.8 (#52)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1440 |
Long Context Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 44.5 (#65)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1455 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Phi-4 Mini: —, Qwen3.7 Plus: 64.3 (#56)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | Qwen3.7 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1455 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1439 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1460 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi-4 Mini better than Qwen3.7 Plus?
Qwen3.7 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index. Phi-4 Mini costs 5.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.7 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Phi-4 Mini or Qwen3.7 Plus?
Phi-4 Mini is cheaper. It lists at $0.075 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Qwen3.7 Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.60.
Is Phi-4 Mini or Qwen3.7 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.6 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.7 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Phi-4 Mini and Qwen3.7 Plus share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-4 Mini has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Plus has 32.