Model Comparison

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Comparing Phi-4-multimodal-instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers

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Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Input tokens$0.05

Output tokens$0.10

Best providerDeepinfra

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Input tokens$0.00

Output tokens$0.00

Best providerUnknown Organization

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

474.4B diff

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct has 474.4B more parameters than Phi-4-multimodal-instruct, making it 8471.4% larger.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

5.6Bparameters

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

480.0Bparameters

5.6B

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

480.0B

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Phi-4-multimodal-instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Phi-4-multimodal-instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Input- tokens

Output- tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct does not.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct was released on 2025-02-01, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is 0 month newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Feb 1, 2025

1.2 years ago

1d newer

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Jan 31, 2025

1.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi-4-multimodal-instruct's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct's cutoff date.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Jun 2024

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

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Microsoft

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)

Supports multimodal inputs

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Detailed Comparison

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Feature	Phi-4-multimodal-instruct	Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Phi-4-multimodal-instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct (Microsoft) and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct scores ScienceQA Visual: 97.5%, DocVQA: 93.2%, MMBench: 86.7%, POPE: 85.6%, OCRBench: 84.4%. Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct scores TAU-bench Retail: 77.5%, SWE-Bench Verified: 69.6%, BFCL-v3: 68.7%, Aider-Polyglot: 61.8%, TAU-bench Airline: 60.0%.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct supports 128K tokens and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is developed by Microsoft and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Performance Benchmarks

Arena Performance

Pricing Analysis

Model Size

Context Window

Input Capabilities

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

License

Release Timeline

Knowledge Cutoff

Outputs Comparison

Key Takeaways

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

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