Phi-4 alternatives
Looking for an alternative to Phi-4? Here are the 6 closest llm provider / model options for AI coding, each ranked by how well it replaces Phi-4 — with the concrete reason to switch.
Quick comparison
| Model | Input price | SWE-bench | Context window | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi-4 (you) | Free (self-hosted) | 28% | 16K | Fast |
| Ministral 3 14B | $0.20 | 24% | 128K | Fast |
| Mistral Large 3 | $0.50 | 46% | 256K | Standard |
| Codestral | $0.20 | 38% | 256K | Fast |
| Deepseek | $0.27 | 42% | 128K | Standard |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Free (self-hosted) | 46% | 1M+ | Fast |
| Amazon Nova Lite | $0.06 | 24% | 300K | Fast |
The best Phi-4 alternatives
Local coding assistant on laptop, edge deployments, quick completions
Why consider it instead:
- Bigger context window (128K)
Top open-weight multipurpose model, multilingual coding, self-hosting with frontier quality
Why consider it instead:
- Higher SWE-bench (46% vs 28%)
- Bigger context window (256K)
Specialized code completion and generation, FIM-aware coding, fast IDE completions
Why consider it instead:
- Higher SWE-bench (38% vs 28%)
- Bigger context window (256K)
Deepseek
Cheap high-quality coding, bulk classification, self-host for privacy
Why consider it instead:
- Higher SWE-bench (42% vs 28%)
- Bigger context window (128K)
Latest open-weights from Meta, large context, self-hosted coding with vision
Why consider it instead:
- Higher SWE-bench (46% vs 28%)
- Bigger context window (1M+)
Cheapest AWS-native model for high-volume coding tasks, Bedrock deployments
Why consider it instead:
- Bigger context window (300K)
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