Model Comparison

Phi 4 vs Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

Comparing Phi 4 and Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Phi 4 and Qwen2.5 VL 7B 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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Microsoft
Phi 4
Input tokens$0.07
Output tokens$0.14
Best providerDeepinfra
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

6.4B diff

Phi 4 has 6.4B more parameters than Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct, making it 77.3% larger.

Microsoft
Phi 4
14.7Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct
8.3Bparameters
14.7B
Phi 4
8.3B
Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Phi 4 specifies input context (16,000 tokens). Only Phi 4 specifies output context (16,000 tokens).

Microsoft
Phi 4
Input16,000 tokens
Output16,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 does not.

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Phi 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Phi 4 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Phi 4

MIT

Open weights

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Phi 4 was released on 2024-12-12, while Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct was released on 2025-01-26.

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct is 2 months newer than Phi 4.

Phi 4

Dec 12, 2024

1.3 years ago

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

Jan 26, 2025

1.2 years ago

1mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Qwen2.5 VL 7B 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 VL 7B Instruct's cutoff date.

Phi 4

Jun 2024

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (16,000 tokens)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Microsoft
Phi 4
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Phi 4 vs Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct

Phi 4 (Microsoft) and Qwen2.5 VL 7B 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 scores MMLU: 84.8%, HumanEval+: 82.8%, HumanEval: 82.6%, MGSM: 80.6%, MATH: 80.4%. Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct scores DocVQA: 95.7%, Android Control Low_EM: 91.4%, MobileMiniWob++_SR: 91.4%, ChartQA: 87.3%, OCRBench: 86.4%.
Phi 4 supports 16K tokens and Qwen2.5 VL 7B 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 (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Phi 4 is developed by Microsoft and Qwen2.5 VL 7B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.