Phi-4 is an open-weight model from Microsoft, released Jan 10, 2025. It ranks #316 of 351 on the LMArena text leaderboard with a rating of 1217. It costs $0.07 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens, with a 16K-token context window.

LMArena text1217+0 in 30 days
Rank#316/351
95% interval1212–1221
Votes24.1K
Developer
Microsoft
Released
Jan 10, 2025
Context window
16K
Price in / out, per 1M tokens
$0.07 / $0.14
Weights
Open · MIT
Inputs
Text
Reasoning
No
Tool use
No
Hugging Face downloads, 30 days
364.8K
Hugging Face likes
2.3K
Phi-4, LMArena text rating over time
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LatestPhi-4 1217

The rating LMArena published at each update since Jan 19, 2025. Ratings move as votes come in and new models join.

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Medicine and healthcareIndustries1202302 / 3251K
Business and financeIndustries1199308 / 3442.4K
ChineseLanguages1212304 / 3281.5K
SpanishLanguages1234254 / 249127
GermanLanguages1222246 / 261523
FrenchLanguages1224254 / 252205
JapaneseLanguages1158230 / 236500

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Microsoft

Microsoft Research builds Phi, small language models that punch above their size. Founded 1975, based in Redmond. azure.microsoft.com

Questions

Who makes Phi-4?

Phi-4 is made by Microsoft, founded 1975 and based in Redmond.

How much does Phi-4 cost?

$0.07 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens, at its provider’s list price.

What is Phi-4’s context window?

16K tokens (16,384).

How does Phi-4 rank?

#316 of 351 on LMArena’s text leaderboard, rated 1217 (95% interval 1212–1221) from 24,126 votes, as of Oct 22, 2026.

Is Phi-4 open source?

Phi-4 has open weights under the MIT license, downloadable from Hugging Face (microsoft/phi-4).

Sources

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