# Phi-4 vs Qwen2.5-Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Phi-4 and Qwen2.5-Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/phi-4-vs-qwen2-5-max
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Phi-4 and Qwen2.5-Max share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Phi-4 has the larger published context window at 16K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Phi-4 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 16K | Unknown |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 25.13 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 3 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen2.5-Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Qwen2.5-Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 38.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 25.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen2.5-Max public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 23.4 (Supported · #173/181)
- Qwen2.5-Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Qwen2.5-Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 84.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 56.1% | 60.1% | Qwen2.5-Max |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 76.1% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 1 (#17/17)
- Qwen2.5-Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Qwen2.5-Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-ProX | 49.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 28.8 (#118/128)
- Qwen2.5-Max public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Phi-4 and Qwen2.5-Max?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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