Model Comparison

Phi 4 Reasoning vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Phi 4 Reasoning significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Phi 4 Reasoning outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Phi 4 Reasoning significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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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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Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

19.5B diff

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct has 19.5B more parameters than Phi 4 Reasoning, making it 139.3% larger.

Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning
14.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct
33.5Bparameters
14.0B
Phi 4 Reasoning
33.5B
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Reasoning does not.

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Phi 4 Reasoning

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Phi 4 Reasoning is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Phi 4 Reasoning

MIT

Open weights

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Phi 4 Reasoning was released on 2025-04-30, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct was released on 2025-02-28.

Phi 4 Reasoning is 2 months newer than Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct.

Phi 4 Reasoning

Apr 30, 2025

11 months ago

2mo newer
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Feb 28, 2025

1.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Reasoning has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-03-01, while Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Reasoning's training data extends to 2025-03-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct's cutoff date.

Phi 4 Reasoning

Mar 2025

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Higher GPQA score (65.8% vs 46.0%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (74.3% vs 68.8%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Phi 4 Reasoning vs Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct

Phi 4 Reasoning significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Phi 4 Reasoning is made by Microsoft and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Phi 4 Reasoning scores FlenQA: 97.7%, HumanEval+: 92.9%, IFEval: 83.4%, OmniMath: 76.6%, AIME 2024: 75.3%. Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct scores DocVQA: 94.8%, Android Control Low_EM: 93.3%, HumanEval: 91.5%, ScreenSpot: 88.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Phi 4 Reasoning is developed by Microsoft and Qwen2.5 VL 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.