# Phi-4 vs Qwen3 32B

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/phi-4-vs-qwen3-32b
- 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 Qwen3 32B 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.
- Qwen3 32B has the larger published context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Phi-4 | Qwen3 32B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 16K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 25.13 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 63.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 82.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 31.3% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 25.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 23.4 (Supported · #173/181)
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 84.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 56.1% | 54.6% | Phi-4 |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 85.7% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 1 (#17/17)
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-ProX | 49.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 28.8 (#118/128)
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 83.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Phi-4 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Phi-4 | Qwen3 32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 31% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 20.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Phi-4 and Qwen3 32B?

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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