Qwen2.5-VL-32B vs Phi-4

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

Qwen2.5-VL-32B has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 41 versus 39. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

Qwen2.5-VL-32B gives you the larger context window at 32K, compared with 16K for Phi-4.

Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen2.5-VL-32B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority.

Knowledge

Phi-4

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

36.3

Phi-4

70.5

43
MMLU
84.8
42
GPQA
56.1
40
SuperGPQA
-
38
OpenBookQA
-
53
MMLU-Pro
-
2
HLE
-

Coding

Phi-4

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

21

Phi-4

82.6

35
HumanEval
82.6
17
SWE-bench Verified
-
11
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

Qwen2.5-VL-32B
43
AIME 2023
-
45
AIME 2024
-
44
AIME 2025
-
39
HMMT Feb 2023
-
41
HMMT Feb 2024
-
40
HMMT Feb 2025
-
42
BRUMO 2025
-
59
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

Qwen2.5-VL-32B
41
SimpleQA
-
39
MuSR
-
61
BBH
-

Instruction Following

Qwen2.5-VL-32B
67
IFEval
-

Multilingual

Phi-4

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

63

Phi-4

80.6

63
MGSM
80.6

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Qwen2.5-VL-32B or Phi-4?

Qwen2.5-VL-32B is ahead overall, 41 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 35 and 82.6.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Qwen2.5-VL-32B or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 36.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Qwen2.5-VL-32B or Phi-4?

Phi-4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 21. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Qwen2.5-VL-32B or Phi-4?

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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