# Phi-4-reasoning vs Qwen3 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Phi-4-reasoning and Qwen3 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Phi-4-reasoning and Qwen3 Max.

## Summary

- Phi-4-reasoning and Qwen3 Max do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 32K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 39.54 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 43.74% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 53.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 3.51% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 60.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 39.9 (Estimated · #116/181)

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 65.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 51.8 (#82/128)

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4-reasoning | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 75.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 62.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Phi-4-reasoning and Qwen3 Max on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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- [Qwen3 Max vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-qwen3-max)

## Explore More

- [Phi-4-reasoning profile](/models/phi-4-reasoning)
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