Phi 4 vs Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 Comparison
Comparing Phi 4 and Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Phi 4 outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is better at 4 benchmarks (GPQA, IFEval, MMLU-Pro, SimpleQA).
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Phi 4 ($0.07/1M tokens) is 2.1x cheaper than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 ($0.15/1M tokens).
For output processing, Phi 4 ($0.14/1M tokens) is 5.7x cheaper than Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 ($0.80/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is more expensive than Phi 4.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 has 220.3B more parameters than Phi 4, making it 1498.6% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 accepts 262,144 input tokens compared to Phi 4's 16,000 tokens. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 can generate longer responses up to 131,072 tokens, while Phi 4 is limited to 16,000 tokens.
License
Usage and distribution terms
Phi 4 is licensed under MIT, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 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 Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 was released on 2025-07-22.
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is 7 months newer than Phi 4.
Dec 12, 2024
1.3 years ago
Jul 22, 2025
7 months ago
7mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Phi 4 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507'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 Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507's cutoff date.
Jun 2024
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Provider Availability
Phi 4 is available from DeepInfra. Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 is available from Fireworks, Novita. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Phi 4
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Phi 4
View detailsMicrosoft
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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