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Parse vs Phi 4 Mini

Comparing Parse and Phi 4 Mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Cohere · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Parse and Phi 4 Mini trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

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

Choose Parse

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Phi 4 Mini

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Parse
Cohere
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
— / M
Output price
— / M
— / M
Context window
8,192
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Individual benchmarks

1 reported for Parse · 17 for Phi 4 Mini

No common benchmarks found

Parse 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

1.5B diff

Phi 4 Mini has 1.5B more parameters than Parse, making it 67.0% larger.

Cohere
Parse
2.3Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
3.8Bparameters
2.3B
Parse
3.8B
Phi 4 Mini

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Parse specifies input context (8,192 tokens).

Cohere
Parse
Input8,192 tokens
Output- tokens
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Aug 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Parse supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Mini does not.

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

Parse

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi 4 Mini

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Parse 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.

Parse

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi 4 Mini

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Parse was released on 2026-08-27, while Phi 4 Mini was released on 2025-02-01.

Parse is 19 months newer than Phi 4 Mini.

Parse

Aug 27, 2026

3 days 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 Parse'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 Parse's cutoff date.

Parse

—

Phi 4 Mini

Jun 2024

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

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

Parse
✓ Preferred
Phi 4 Mini
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FAQ

Common questions about Parse vs Phi 4 Mini.

Which is better, Parse or Phi 4 Mini?

Parse (Cohere) and Phi 4 Mini (Microsoft) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Parse compare to Phi 4 Mini in benchmarks?

Parse scores ParseBench: 79.2%. 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 Parse and Phi 4 Mini?

Parse supports 8K 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 Parse and Phi 4 Mini?

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

Who makes Parse and Phi 4 Mini?

Parse is developed by Cohere and Phi 4 Mini is developed by Microsoft.

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