Phi-4 vs MiniMax M1 80k

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

Phi-4 has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 39 versus 37. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Phi-4's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 82.6 against 18. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 82.6 to 28.

MiniMax M1 80k gives you the larger context window at 80K, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick Phi-4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M1 80k only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 80K context window.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Phi-4

70.5

MiniMax M1 80k

31.3

84.8
MMLU
36
56.1
GPQA
35
-
SuperGPQA
33
-
OpenBookQA
31
-
MMLU-Pro
51
-
HLE
2

Coding

Phi-4

Phi-4

82.6

MiniMax M1 80k

18

82.6
HumanEval
28
-
SWE-bench Verified
16
-
LiveCodeBench
10

Mathematics

MiniMax M1 80k
-
AIME 2023
36
-
AIME 2024
38
-
AIME 2025
37
-
HMMT Feb 2023
32
-
HMMT Feb 2024
34
-
HMMT Feb 2025
33
-
BRUMO 2025
35
-
MATH-500
57

Reasoning

MiniMax M1 80k
-
SimpleQA
34
-
MuSR
32
-
BBH
64

Instruction Following

MiniMax M1 80k
-
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Phi-4

Phi-4

80.6

MiniMax M1 80k

63

80.6
MGSM
63

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Phi-4 or MiniMax M1 80k?

Phi-4 is ahead overall, 39 to 37. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 82.6 and 28.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Phi-4 or MiniMax M1 80k?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 31.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Phi-4 or MiniMax M1 80k?

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 18. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Phi-4 or MiniMax M1 80k?

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 63. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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