Phi-4 review, price and benchmarks (2026)

public free open-weights in Generator local value

Provider

Statuspublic

AA Intelligence Index4.9 (July 16, 2026 snapshot)

Releasedn/a

Context windown/a

Modalitiesn/a

API price $/1M (in / out)n/a

Speedn/a

AccessOpen weights · laptop-friendly

In one line

Microsoft's small open research line - historically interesting for data-quality tricks, no longer competitive.

Coding15

Reasoning14

Writing16

Agents & tools8

Category scores (0-100) are WhichAI blended ratings: public category leaderboards plus editorial judgment. Guidance, not official measurements.

Alternatives worth a look

Solar Pro 2 (Upstage) · AA 7.8API · Korean ecosystem
LFM2.5 (Liquid AI) · AA 8.3Open weights · edge/on-device
Llama 4 Scout (Meta) · AA 10Open weights · very long context

Open Phi-4's official app ↗ Open in the WhichAI app Not sure? Take the 30-second finder

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 2026 rebased scale (top models ≈ 55–60). Snapshot: July 24, 2026 (BenchLM mirror), retrieved July 26, 2026. Context, price and release data come from vendor pages and public pricing mirrors (retrieved July 19, 2026). Missing values are not published or not yet verified - shown as -. Sources are linked inside the app (Model guide and About > Methodology).