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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Gemini 3.8 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 7.3.

Google · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.8 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 7.3, ranking #15 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 3.8 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.0 and ranks #15 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 need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3.8 Flash
Google
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.0
#15
7.3
#278
Reasoning
46.9
#24
7.6
#269
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
$0.75 / M
— / M
Output price
$3.75 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

13 reported for Gemini 3.8 Flash · 3 for Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 3.8 Flash 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

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Gemini 3.8 Flash specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Gemini 3.8 Flash specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Google
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,536 tokens
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Sep 07 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 3.8 Flash supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Mini Reasoning does not.

Gemini 3.8 Flash can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.8 Flash is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.8 Flash was released on 2026-09-02, while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning was released on 2025-04-30.

Gemini 3.8 Flash is 16 months newer than Phi 4 Mini Reasoning.

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Sep 2, 2026

4 days ago

1.3yr newer
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Apr 30, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 3.8 Flash has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-03-31, while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning has a cutoff of 2025-02-01.

Gemini 3.8 Flash has more recent training data (up to 2026-03-31), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Phi 4 Mini Reasoning (2025-02-01).

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Mar 2026

1.1 yr newer
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Feb 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 3.8 Flash and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 3.8 Flash
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Phi 4 Mini Reasoning.

Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Phi 4 Mini Reasoning?

Gemini 3.8 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 7.3. Gemini 3.8 Flash is made by Google 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 Gemini 3.8 Flash compare to Phi 4 Mini Reasoning in benchmarks?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores Terminal-Bench 2.1: 89.4%, LVBench: 87.1%, CharXiv-R: 86.2%, LABBench2: 86.2%, DeepSWE 1.1: 73.7%. Phi 4 Mini Reasoning scores MATH-500: 94.6%, AIME: 57.5%, GPQA: 52.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 3.8 Flash and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning?

Gemini 3.8 Flash supports 1.0M tokens and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 3.8 Flash and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.0 vs 7.3), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 3.8 Flash and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is developed by Google and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning is developed by Microsoft.

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