# Phi-4 Mini vs StarCoder 2 15B

> Phi-4 Mini has enough public results to be ranked (#280); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/phi-4-mini-vs-starcoder-2-15b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where StarCoder 2 15B leads 36.0 to 27.6.

## Snapshot

| | Phi-4 Mini | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Microsoft | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 37.5 |
| Rank | 280 | — |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.075 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Phi-4 Mini: 27.6 (#312)
- StarCoder 2 15B: 36.0

| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 10.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 37.8% |

## Reasoning

- Phi-4 Mini: 21.7 (#190)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 104.61 |
| WinoGrande | — | 64.3% |

## Math

- Phi-4 Mini: —
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | — | 57.7% |

## Knowledge

- Phi-4 Mini: 24.8 (#261)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Phi-4 Mini | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 23.5% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 47.2% |
| MMLU | — | 64.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Phi-4 Mini better than StarCoder 2 15B?

Phi-4 Mini has enough public results to be ranked (#280); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Phi-4 Mini or StarCoder 2 15B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 15B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 27.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Phi-4 Mini and StarCoder 2 15B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Phi-4 Mini has 3 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.