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Muse Ember vs Phi 4 Mini

Muse Ember leads the LLM Stats Score 45.9 to -4.6.

Meta · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Muse Ember leads the overall LLM Stats Score 45.9 to -4.6, ranking #47 overall.

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

Choose Muse Ember

  • overall performance matters — it scores 45.9 and ranks #47 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

Choose Phi 4 Mini

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Muse Ember
Meta
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
45.9
#47
-4.6
#395
Reasoning
48.1
#24
-4.8
#387
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.50 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Individual benchmarks

6 reported for Muse Ember · 17 for Phi 4 Mini

No common benchmarks found

Muse Ember 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

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Muse Ember specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Muse Ember specifies output context (524,288 tokens).

Meta
Muse Ember
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output524,288 tokens
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Nov 12 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Muse Ember supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Mini does not.

Muse Ember can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Muse Ember

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi 4 Mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Muse Ember is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi 4 Mini uses MIT.

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

Muse Ember

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi 4 Mini

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Muse Ember was released on 2026-11-09, while Phi 4 Mini was released on 2025-02-01.

Muse Ember is 22 months newer than Phi 4 Mini.

Muse Ember

Nov 9, 2026

3 days ago

1.8yr newer
Phi 4 Mini

Feb 1, 2025

1.8 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Muse Ember'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 Muse Ember's cutoff date.

Muse Ember

—

Phi 4 Mini

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Muse Ember and Phi 4 Mini side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Muse Ember
✓ Preferred
Phi 4 Mini
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FAQ

Common questions about Muse Ember vs Phi 4 Mini.

Which is better, Muse Ember or Phi 4 Mini?

Muse Ember leads the LLM Stats Score 45.9 to -4.6. Muse Ember is made by Meta 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 Muse Ember compare to Phi 4 Mini in benchmarks?

Muse Ember scores PerceptionBench: 80.6%, OSWorld 2.1 (partial): 69.5%, Agents' Last Exam: 61.6%, Personal Superintelligence Index: 46.8%, Terminal-Bench 4.0: 40.9%. Phi 4 Mini scores GSM8k: 88.6%, ARC-C: 83.7%, BoolQ: 81.2%, OpenBookQA: 79.2%, PIQA: 77.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Muse Ember and Phi 4 Mini?

Muse Ember supports 1.0M tokens and Phi 4 Mini 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 Muse Ember and Phi 4 Mini?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (45.9 vs -4.6), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Muse Ember and Phi 4 Mini?

Muse Ember is developed by Meta and Phi 4 Mini is developed by Microsoft.

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