Phi 4 Reasoning Plus vs Qwen3 32B
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus and Qwen3 32B are closely matched at 15.0 and 18.4 on the LLM Stats Score.
Microsoft · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus and Qwen3 32B are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 15.0 and 18.4.
In the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3 32B wins 3; 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 Reasoning Plus
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025
Choose Qwen3 32B
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 4 exact shared results
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
11 reported for Phi 4 Reasoning Plus · 9 for Qwen3 32B
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus outperforms in 1 benchmarks (AIME 2025), while Qwen3 32B is better at 3 benchmarks (AIME 2024, Arena Hard, LiveCodeBench).
Qwen3 32B 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
Qwen3 32B has 18.8B more parameters than Phi 4 Reasoning Plus, making it 134.3% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3 32B specifies input context (40,960 tokens). Only Qwen3 32B specifies output context (40,960 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3 32B 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 Reasoning Plus was released on 2025-04-30, while Qwen3 32B was released on 2025-04-29.
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus is 0 month newer than Qwen3 32B.
Apr 30, 2025
1.4 years ago
1d newerApr 29, 2025
1.4 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-03-01, while Qwen3 32B's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Phi 4 Reasoning Plus's training data extends to 2025-03-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen3 32B's cutoff date.
Mar 2025
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Phi 4 Reasoning Plus and Qwen3 32B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Phi 4 Reasoning Plus vs Qwen3 32B.