Phi 4 Reasoning vs Qwen3.5-0.8B Comparison
Comparing Phi 4 Reasoning and Qwen3.5-0.8B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Phi 4 Reasoning outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, IFEval, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen3.5-0.8B is better at 0 benchmarks.
Phi 4 Reasoning significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning has 13.2B more parameters than Qwen3.5-0.8B, making it 1650.0% larger.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Qwen3.5-0.8B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Reasoning does not.
Qwen3.5-0.8B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Phi 4 Reasoning
Qwen3.5-0.8B
License
Usage and distribution terms
Phi 4 Reasoning is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3.5-0.8B 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 was released on 2025-04-30, while Qwen3.5-0.8B was released on 2026-03-02.
Qwen3.5-0.8B is 10 months newer than Phi 4 Reasoning.
Apr 30, 2025
10 months ago
Mar 2, 2026
1 weeks ago
10mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Phi 4 Reasoning has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-03-01, while Qwen3.5-0.8B'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 Qwen3.5-0.8B's cutoff date.
Mar 2025
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Phi 4 Reasoning
View detailsMicrosoft
Qwen3.5-0.8B
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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