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Phi 4 Mini Instruct

by Microsoft · Released Feb 2025

Open Source
48.4
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Rank #156
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Better than 50% of all models
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Type
text-generation
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Open Source
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17 tested
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Microsoft text generation model. 584K downloads on HuggingFace.

Tested on 17 benchmarks · BenchGecko score 48.4. Top scores: IFEval (73.8%), BBH (HuggingFace) (38.7%), Artificial Analysis · GPQA Diamond (33.1%).

Capabilities
reasoning
6.5
#198 globally
math
17.0
#242 globally
knowledge
20.3
#269 globally
speed
8.6
#126 globally
general
38.7
#72 globally
language
73.8
#71 globally
Benchmark Scores
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Tested on 17 benchmarks · Ranked across 6 categories
Score Distribution (all 312 models)
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reasoningCompare reasoning →
MUSR

HuggingFace MuSR (Multi-Step Reasoning). Tests multi-hop reasoning requiring chaining multiple facts together.

6.5·
mathCompare math →
MATH Level 5

HuggingFace evaluation of MATH Level 5 problems. Competition math requiring advanced reasoning and proof construction.

17.0·
knowledgeCompare knowledge →
MMLU-PRO

HuggingFace MMLU-Pro. Harder version of MMLU with 10 answer choices instead of 4 and more challenging questions.

32.6·
GPQA

HuggingFace evaluation of GPQA (Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A). PhD-level science questions that cannot be easily searched.

7.9·
Quick compare:Alibaba logovs Qwen3 4B Thinking 2507Microsoft logovs Phi 4 Mini InstructOpenAI logovs GPT-5 Pro
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Model Family · Microsoft Phi 4
Jan 2025
49.0
$0.07/M in16Kctx24 benchmarks
Oct 2025
48.4-0.6
$0.08/M in(+0.01)131Kctx(+115K)7 benchmarks
Feb 2025
48.4
n/an/actx17 benchmarks
Feb 2025
n/an/actx4 benchmarks
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  • Typetext-generation
  • ContextN/A
  • ReleasedFeb 2025
  • LicenseOpen Source
  • StatusActive
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Phi 4 Mini Instruct is an open-source text-generation AI model by Microsoft, released in February 2025. It has an average benchmark score of 48.4.

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Benchmarks

IFEvalBBH (HuggingFace)Artificial Analysis · GPQA DiamondMMLU-PROArtificial Analysis · IFBench

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Key facts · as of 2026-04-09

  • Phi 4 Mini Instruct by Microsoft. BenchGecko score 48.4, rank 155 of 312 scored models (normalized average of public benchmark scores).
  • List price n/a input · n/a output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-04-09).

How to cite · data as of 2026-04-09

Phi 4 Mini Instruct · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-04-09. https://benchgecko.ai/model/microsoft-phi-4-mini-instruct

Credit "Source: BenchGecko" with a link. Prices per provider and Gecko Tests are BenchGecko data (CC BY 4.0); benchmark scores keep their original source, listed in the JSON. JSON · llms.txt · MCP