# Phi-4-reasoning vs Qwen3 32B (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Phi-4-reasoning and Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/phi-4-reasoning-vs-qwen3-32b-reasoning
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4-reasoning only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) leads overall 63 to 49.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 62.9% and 72.9%.
- Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) also has the larger context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 128K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 70.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 53.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 65.8% | 68.4% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 90.9% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 87.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 80.6% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 73.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 83.4% | 85% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 75.3% | 81.4% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |
| AIME 2025 | 62.9% | 72.9% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 97.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Phi-4-reasoning or Qwen3 32B (Reasoning)?

Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Phi-4-reasoning cover on BenchLM?

Phi-4-reasoning currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) vs Qwen3 32B](/compare/qwen3-32b-vs-qwen3-32b-reasoning)

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- [Phi-4-reasoning profile](/models/phi-4-reasoning)
- [Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) profile](/models/qwen3-32b-reasoning)
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