Phi-4-multimodal-instruct vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Microsoft vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher intelligence index (88.2 vs 46.2)
- •Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is cheaper ($0.05 vs $0.33 per 1M input)
- •Qwen3.6 Plus is faster
- •Qwen3.6 Plus has a larger context window (1M)
| Phi-4-multimodal-instruct | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 46.2 | 88.2 |
| Developer | Microsoft | Alibaba |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | Open weights | API only |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.05 / 1M | $0.33 / 1M |
| Output price | $0.10 / 1M | $1.95 / 1M |
| Speed | 25 tok/s | 52 tok/s |
| Released | February 1, 2025 | April 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | 5600000000 | — |
| Input modalities | — | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | — | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond
31.5
88.2
Humanity’s Last Exam
4.4
25.7