Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct vs Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning

Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct (2025) and Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning (2025) are frontier reasoning models from SpeakLeash and Microsoft Research. Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct ships a 4k-token context window, while Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning ships a 128k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning fits 32x more tokens; pick it for long-context work and Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct for tighter calls.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalBielik 11B v2.6 InstructPhi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning
Best forgeneral production evaluationreasoning-heavy apps
Decision fitGeneralLong context
Context window4k128k
Cheapest output--
Provider routes1 tracked1 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct when...
  • Use Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct when your own prompt tests beat the comparison signals; the local data does not show a decisive standalone advantage yet.
Choose Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning when...
  • Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning uniquely exposes Reasoning in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning for Long context.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct -> Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning
  • Provider overlap exists on NVIDIA NIM; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning adds Reasoning in local capability data.
Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning -> Bielik 11B v2.6 Instruct
  • Provider overlap exists on NVIDIA NIM; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • Check replacement coverage for Reasoning before moving production traffic.

Specs

Specification
Released2025-03-012025-12-01
Context window4k128k
Parameters11B3.8B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseApache 2.0OSI-approvedMITOSI-approved
OpennessOpen sourceOpen source
WeightsUnknownUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: permittedCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff-2025-02

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeBielik 11B v2.6 InstructPhi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning
Input price--
Output price--
Providers

Pricing not yet sourced for either model.

Capabilities

CapabilityBielik 11B v2.6 InstructPhi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning
VisionNoNo
MultimodalNoNo
ReasoningNoYes
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsNoNo
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-09-08. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.