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Atria Dawn Preview vs Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 7.2.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 7.2, 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 Reasoning

  • 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 Reasoning
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
7.2
#289
Reasoning
50.5
#12
7.5
#280
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 · 3 for Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and Phi 4 Mini Reasoningdon'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 Reasoning, making it 19478.9% larger.

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

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 Reasoning

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning was released on 2025-04-30.

Atria Dawn Preview is 17 months newer than Phi 4 Mini Reasoning.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

4 days ago

1.4yr newer
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Apr 30, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-02-01, while Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Mini Reasoning's training data extends to 2025-02-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date.

Atria Dawn Preview

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Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Feb 2025

Outputs Comparison

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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Phi 4 Mini Reasoning.

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

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 7.2. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning 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 Reasoning 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 Reasoning scores MATH-500: 94.6%, AIME: 57.5%, GPQA: 52.0%.

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

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 7.2). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning?

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

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