Phi-4 Mini Instruct vs Qwen3.8 27B (Medium)

Phi-4 Mini Instruct vs Qwen3.8 27B (Medium). A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MicrosoftPhi-4 Mini InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.30
Total cost
-
AlibabaQwen3.8 27B (Medium)Off the frontier
Intelligence
27.60
Total cost
$1165
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricPhi-4 Mini InstructQwen3.8 27B (Medium)Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)6.327.6+338.1% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 4.4× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$1,165.00— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)11.81s55.12s+366.7% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 366.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.07 / $0.30$0.50 / $3.00
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
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