Phi 4 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Phi 4 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct are closely matched at 5.4 and 3.8 on the LLM Stats Score.
Microsoft · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Phi 4 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 5.4 and 3.8.
In the 6 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Phi 4 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
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 6 exact shared results
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2024
Choose Qwen2.5 14B 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
13 reported for Phi 4 · 16 for Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Phi 4 outperforms in 5 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval+, MATH, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (HumanEval).
Phi 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 0.0B more parameters than Phi 4, making it 0.0% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Phi 4 specifies input context (16,384 tokens). Only Phi 4 specifies output context (16,384 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Phi 4 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2.5 14B 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 was released on 2024-12-12, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Phi 4 is 3 months newer than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.
Dec 12, 2024
1.8 years ago
2mo newerSep 19, 2024
2.0 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Phi 4 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Phi 4's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Qwen2.5 14B Instruct's cutoff date.
Jun 2024
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Phi 4 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Phi 4 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.