Microsoft: Phi 4 Mini Instruct
Analysis Summary
Microsoft: Phi 4 Mini Instruct sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #276 of 561 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.080 input and $0.350 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a standard large context window.
Editorial notes
Phi 4 Mini Instruct is a compact model from Microsoft with very limited reasoning and coding capability, reflected in low benchmark scores across all dimensions; suitable only for lightweight, cost-sensitive tasks.
Assessed May 17, 2026
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Performance Profile
Phi-4-mini-instruct is a lightweight open model built upon synthetic data and filtered publicly available websites - with a focus on high-quality, reasoning dense data. The model belongs to the Phi-4..
Performance Indices
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
microsoft/phi-4-mini-instruct
|
| Provider | microsoft |
| Release Date | October 17, 2025 |
| Context Length | 131,072 tokens |
| Max Completion | 128,000 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.08 | $0.000080 |
| Output | $0.35 | $0.000350 |
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