Phi-4 Mini Instruct vs Qwen3.8 Max

Phi-4 Mini Instruct vs Qwen3.8 Max. 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 MaxOff the frontier
Intelligence
40.20
Total cost
$3172
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 MaxDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)6.340.2+538.1% Qwen3.8 Max is 6.4× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)Not reported$3,172.37— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)11.81s62.83s+432.0% Qwen3.8 Max is 432.0% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.07 / $0.30$2.00 / $6.00
Input modalitiesTextText, Image, Video
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