Phi 4 Mini vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Phi 4 Mini and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct are closely matched at -4.1 and -3.2 on the LLM Stats Score.
Microsoft · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Phi 4 Mini and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -4.1 and -3.2.
In the 8 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Phi 4 Mini wins 5; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Phi 4 Mini
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 8 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Feb 2025
Choose Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
- you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
17 reported for Phi 4 Mini · 19 for Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Phi 4 Mini outperforms in 5 benchmarks (ARC-C, GSM8k, MATH, MMLU-Pro, TruthfulQA), while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (HellaSwag, MMLU, Winogrande).
Phi 4 Mini shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct has 3.2B more parameters than Phi 4 Mini, making it 82.3% larger.
License
Usage and distribution terms
Phi 4 Mini is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
MIT
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Phi 4 Mini was released on 2025-02-01, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Phi 4 Mini is 5 months newer than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.
Feb 1, 2025
1.7 years ago
4mo newerSep 19, 2024
2.1 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Phi 4 Mini has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct'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 Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct's cutoff date.
Jun 2024
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Phi 4 Mini and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Phi 4 Mini vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.