Nemotron-4 15B vs Phi-4

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

Nemotron-4 15B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 52 to 39. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Nemotron-4 15B gives you the larger context window at 32K, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron-4 15B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Nemotron-4 15B

45.8

Phi-4

70.5

54
MMLU
84.8
53
GPQA
56.1
51
SuperGPQA
-
49
OpenBookQA
-
63
MMLU-Pro
-
5
HLE
-

Coding

Phi-4

Nemotron-4 15B

33

Phi-4

82.6

46
HumanEval
82.6
31
SWE-bench Verified
-
22
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Nemotron-4 15B
54
AIME 2023
-
56
AIME 2024
-
55
AIME 2025
-
50
HMMT Feb 2023
-
52
HMMT Feb 2024
-
51
HMMT Feb 2025
-
53
BRUMO 2025
-
71
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Nemotron-4 15B
52
SimpleQA
-
50
MuSR
-
73
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Nemotron-4 15B
79
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Phi-4

Nemotron-4 15B

75

Phi-4

80.6

75
MGSM
80.6

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Nemotron-4 15B or Phi-4?

Nemotron-4 15B is ahead overall, 52 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 46 and 82.6.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Nemotron-4 15B or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 45.8. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Nemotron-4 15B or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 33. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Nemotron-4 15B or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.6 versus 75. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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