Phi-4 Mini Instruct API Provider Benchmarking & Analysis
This analysis is intended to support you in choosing the best API provider of Phi-4 Mini Instruct for your use-case.
Fastest
AzureOutput speed
Total 1 provider
Lowest Latency
AzureTime to first token
Total 1 provider
Lowest Price
AzureBlended price (per 1M tokens)
Total 1 provider
Phi-4 Mini is available through Azure.
Highlights
Update: Default performance benchmarking workload has updated to 10k input tokens to better reflect production use cases. You can still select different workloads above.
Pricing
Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output
Pricing: Blended Price
Output Speed vs. Price
Speed
Measured by Output Speed (tokens per second)
Output Speed: Phi-4 Mini Instruct
Latency vs. Output Speed
Latency
Measured by Time (seconds) to First Token
Time to First Token
End-to-End Response Time
Seconds to output 500 tokens, calculated based on time to first token, 'thinking' time for reasoning models, and output speed
End-to-End Response Time
Key Comparison Metrics & API Features
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Phi-4 Mini Instruct providers
Phi-4 Mini Instruct is available through 1 API provider: Azure. Each provider offers different performance characteristics and pricing.
Phi-4 Mini Instruct is currently available through 1 API provider that we benchmark and track.
The fastest provider for Phi-4 Mini Instruct by output speed is Azure (44.9 t/s). Output speed measures how quickly tokens are generated after the model starts responding.
The provider with the lowest time to first token for Phi-4 Mini Instruct is Azure (0.86s). Lower latency means faster initial response time.
The most affordable provider for Phi-4 Mini Instruct by blended price is Azure ($0.00 per 1M tokens). Blended price uses a 7:2:1 cache hit/input/output token ratio.
The provider with the lowest input token pricing for Phi-4 Mini Instruct is Azure ($0.00 per 1M input tokens).
The provider with the lowest output token pricing for Phi-4 Mini Instruct is Azure ($0.00 per 1M output tokens).
The only provider of Phi-4 Mini Instruct supports JSON mode for structured output.
The only provider of Phi-4 Mini Instruct supports function calling (tool use).
Azure leads across all key metrics for Phi-4 Mini Instruct, offering the fastest speed, lowest latency, and most competitive pricing.
When choosing a provider for Phi-4 Mini Instruct, consider: output speed (for throughput-intensive tasks), latency (for interactive applications requiring quick first responses), pricing (for cost-sensitive workloads), and API features like JSON mode or function calling.
Yes, provider performance can vary over time due to infrastructure changes, load balancing, and updates. We continuously benchmark all providers and display historical performance trends in the "Over Time" charts.
For information about Phi-4 Mini Instruct's intelligence, capabilities, modalities, and how it compares to other models, see the model overview page. View model overview