Model comparison
Phi-4 vs Step 1o Turbo 202506
Step 1o Turbo 202506 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Phi-4 scores higher in 0 categories and Step 1o Turbo 202506 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads 33.9 to 19.6.
- Phi-4 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 30.9 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 4K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.07 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Results tracked | 37 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads
Phi-4: 33.8 (#237), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 38.6 (#158)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1231 | 1339 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 30.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Phi-4: 22.6 (#120), Step 1o Turbo 202506: —
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 28.8% | — |
| BALROG | 11.6% | — |
Reasoning Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads
Phi-4: 17.0 (#287), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 25.7 (#127)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1336 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 47.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 45.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.43 | — |
| LiveBench | 41.6% | — |
Math Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads
Phi-4: 19.6 (#279), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 33.9 (#163)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1246 | 1318 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 13.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 42% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 64.9% | — |
Knowledge Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads
Phi-4: 32.5 (#204), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 35.5 (#174)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1203 | 1308 |
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| Confabulations | 29.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.7% | — |
| MMLU | 84.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Phi-4: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 35.4 (#75)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1186 |
Multilingual Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads
Phi-4: 37.4 (#232), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 45.5 (#168)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1197 | 1313 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1211 | 1380 |
| LMArena German | 1222 | 1315 |
| LMArena Russian | 1209 | 1327 |
| LMArena French | 1223 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1158 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1151 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1234 | — |
Instruction Following Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads
Phi-4: 60.6 (#246), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 69.4 (#171)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1201 | 1311 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.4% | — |
Long Context Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads
Phi-4: 36.9 (#221), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 41.1 (#141)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1217 | 1350 |
Writing & Preference Step 1o Turbo 202506 leads
Phi-4: 40.7 (#239), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 53.4 (#154)
| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Step 1o Turbo 202506 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1217 | 1336 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1182 | 1308 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1206 | 1341 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 62.6% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Phi-4 better than Step 1o Turbo 202506?
Step 1o Turbo 202506 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Phi-4 or Step 1o Turbo 202506 better for coding?
Step 1o Turbo 202506 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Phi-4 and Step 1o Turbo 202506 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-4 has 37 scored results on Noometry and Step 1o Turbo 202506 has 14.