Microsoft
Publishes the small open Phi models and MAI in-house models alongside its OpenAI partnership and Azure AI Foundry distribution.
- Provider rank
- #50
- by best model
- Best index
- 39.7
- Phi-4
- Ranked models
- 3
- 3 open weights
- Cheapest ranked
- $0.219/M
- Phi-4
Release timeline
Each model’s best configuration by release date. The top eight are labelled; hover any point for its name.
Next release
Not enough dated releases to estimate a cadence.
Fastest ranked model: Phi-4 at 41 tok/s.
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| 1 | Phi-4Microsoftopen ↗ | 39.7±4 | $0.219 | 41 | 2.54 s | 16k | 2024-12-11 | 2026-09-02 |
| 2 | phi-3-medium 14BMicrosoft | 38.5±4 | – | – | – | – | 2024-04-23 | 2026-09-02 |
| 3 | Phi 3 MiniMicrosoft | 36.8±3 | – | – | – | 4k | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 4 | Phi 3 Mini JuneMicrosoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 5 | Phi 3 SmallMicrosoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 6 | Phi 3.5 VisionMicrosoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-08-27 |
| 7 | Wizardlm 13BMicrosoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 8 | Wizardlm 70BMicrosoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-09-02 |
| 9 | WizardLM-2 8x22BMicrosoftopen ↗ | – | $0.620 | 5 | 2.84 s | 66k | 2024-04-15 | 2024-04-15 · stale |
| 10 | Phi 3 VisionMicrosoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2026-08-27 |
| 11 | Phi 4 PlusthinkingMicrosoftopen | – | $0.219 | – | – | 32k | 2024-12-11 | – |
| 12 | Phi-1.5Microsoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Phi-2Microsoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | phi-3-medium 14BMicrosoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | phi-3-mini 3.8BMicrosoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | phi-3-small 7.4BMicrosoft | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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