Phi-4 Mini Instruct vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Phi-4 Mini Instruct vs Qwen3.8-Flash-Next. 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-Flash-NextOff the frontier
Intelligence
39.80
Total cost
$363
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-Flash-NextDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)6.339.8+531.7% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 6.3× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$362.72— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)11.81s50.25s+325.5% Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is 325.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.07 / $0.30$0.15 / $0.47
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
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