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Atria Dawn Preview vs Phi 4 Mini

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -4.1.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -4.1, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Phi 4 Mini

  • you are already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
-4.1
#347
Reasoning
50.5
#12
-4.2
#340
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Context window
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Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 17 for Phi 4 Mini

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and Phi 4 Minidon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

740.2B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 740.2B more parameters than Phi 4 Mini, making it 19275.0% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
3.8Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
3.8B
Phi 4 Mini

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under MIT.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Phi 4 Mini

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Phi 4 Mini was released on 2025-02-01.

Atria Dawn Preview is 20 months newer than Phi 4 Mini.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.6yr newer
Phi 4 Mini

Feb 1, 2025

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Mini's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date.

Atria Dawn Preview

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Phi 4 Mini

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

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Atria Dawn Preview
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Phi 4 Mini
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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Phi 4 Mini.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Phi 4 Mini?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -4.1. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Phi 4 Mini is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Phi 4 Mini in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Phi 4 Mini scores GSM8k: 88.6%, ARC-C: 83.7%, BoolQ: 81.2%, OpenBookQA: 79.2%, PIQA: 77.6%.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Phi 4 Mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs -4.1). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Phi 4 Mini?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Phi 4 Mini is developed by Microsoft.

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