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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Phi-4
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 20 results on 4 sources that measured both models.
Of the 20 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5).
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Phi-4? The short answer
Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 5.9). Pick Phi-4 if cost matters more: it costs 8.2 times less per token. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is also faster.
- Phi-4 is cheaper: $0.088 against $0.72 per million tokens, 8.2 times less.
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 17.7 against 5.9.
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B writes faster: 147 tokens a second against 44.
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is newer: released 24 Feb 2026, against 12 Dec 2024 for Phi-4.
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B does better for reasoning and knowledge and writing; Phi-4 for sticking to the facts.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Phi-4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.26 in · $2.08 out | $0.070 in · $0.14 out |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.72 | $0.088 |
| Cheapest host, blended | $0.72 (Alibaba) | – |
| Intelligence Index | 17.7 | 5.9 |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | 147 | 44 |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | 16,384 tokens |
| Released | 24 Feb 2026 (newer) | 12 Dec 2024 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Developer based in | China | the US |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 117 · 291 of 387 measured | 1,416 | 1,256 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 105 · 282 of 380 measured | 1,422 | 1,256 |
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 136 · 290 of 385 measured | 1,366 | 1,210 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results | ||
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 114 · 231 of 243 measured | 17.7no reasoning | 5.9 |
| GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 75 · 190 of 231 measured | 85.7% | 57.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 92 · 221 of 242 measured | 25.2% | 3.8% |
| UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results | ||
| Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 112 · 175 of 230 measured | 39.5no reasoning | 25.7 |
| Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 33 · 99 of 230 measured | 9.0%thinking reasoning | 19.0% |
| Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 83 · 122 of 230 measured | 0.36no reasoning | 0.34 |
| Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard reported by Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard · 2 results | ||
| Hallucination rate · Vectara% of summaries, lower is better 72 · 4 of 104 measured | 11.2% | 3.7% |
| Answer rate · Vectara% of documents, higher is better 31 · 100 of 104 measured | 99.8% | 80.7% |
Show all 20 results (9 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Phi-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 111 · 261 of 338 measured | 1,442 | 1,268 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 115 · 285 of 387 measured | 1,406 | 1,245 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 125 · 290 of 386 measured | 1,387 | 1,229 |
| Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 6 results | ||
| IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 22 · 192 of 195 measured | 75.7% | 23.5% |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 72 · 222 of 233 measured | 76.3% | 0.0% |
| Output speedtokens per second, higher is better 21 · 67 of 74 measured | 147no reasoning | 43.7 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard% of tasks, higher is better 65 · 162 of 190 measured | 31.1% | 3.8% |
| Time to first answer tokenseconds, lower is better 29 · 27 of 74 measured | 1.05no reasoning | 1.01 |
| τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 30 · 188 of 193 measured | 93.6% | 0.0% |
Quick answers
Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B better than Phi-4?
Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 5.9). Pick Phi-4 if cost matters more: it costs 8.2 times less per token. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is also faster.
Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Phi-4?
Phi-4 is cheaper: $0.088 against $0.72 per million tokens, 8.2 times less.
Which is faster, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Phi-4?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B writes about 147 tokens a second on its usual API, against 44 for Phi-4 (Artificial Analysis).
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Phi-4?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 95 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 123 for Phi-4.
Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Phi-4?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 87 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 181 for Phi-4.
Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Phi-4?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 102 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 176 for Phi-4.
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Phi-4?
Phi-4 ranks 3 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 108 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.
Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Phi-4?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: 262,144 tokens, against 16,384 for Phi-4.
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