Llama 4 Behemoth vs Phi-4

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

Llama 4 Behemoth is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 44 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Llama 4 Behemoth gives you the larger context window at 32K, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick Llama 4 Behemoth if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Llama 4 Behemoth

40

Phi-4

70.5

48
MMLU
84.8
47
GPQA
56.1
45
SuperGPQA
-
43
OpenBookQA
-
54
MMLU-Pro
-
3
HLE
-

Coding

Phi-4

Llama 4 Behemoth

22.7

Phi-4

82.6

40
HumanEval
82.6
15
SWE-bench Verified
-
13
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Llama 4 Behemoth
48
AIME 2023
-
50
AIME 2024
-
49
AIME 2025
-
44
HMMT Feb 2023
-
46
HMMT Feb 2024
-
45
HMMT Feb 2025
-
47
BRUMO 2025
-
60
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Llama 4 Behemoth
46
SimpleQA
-
44
MuSR
-
62
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Llama 4 Behemoth
68
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Phi-4

Llama 4 Behemoth

66

Phi-4

80.6

66
MGSM
80.6

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 4 Behemoth or Phi-4?

Llama 4 Behemoth is ahead overall, 44 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 40 and 82.6.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 4 Behemoth or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 40. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Llama 4 Behemoth or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 22.7. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Llama 4 Behemoth or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 66. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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