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Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning vs Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning (2025) and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B (2026) compare a standalone API model against a coding-specialized model. Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning ships a 128k-token context window, while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B ships a 262k-token context window. This page treats the result as workflow and deployment fit, not a universal model winner.

Treat this as a product-type comparison: Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning is standalone API model, while Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is coding-specialized model. Choose based on workflow fit before reading any benchmark or price row as decisive.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalPhi-4 Mini Flash ReasoningQwen3.6-35B-A3B
Product typeStandalone API modelCoding-specialized model
Best forreasoning-heavy appscustom coding agents, code generation, and tool loops
Decision fitLong contextCoding, RAG, and Agents
Context window128k262k
Cheapest output-$1/1M tokens
Provider routes1 tracked2 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning when...
  • Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning uniquely exposes Reasoning in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning for Long context.
Choose Qwen3.6-35B-A3B when...
  • Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Qwen3.6-35B-A3B has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Qwen3.6-35B-A3B uniquely exposes Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Qwen3.6-35B-A3B for Coding, RAG, and Agents.

Monthly cost at traffic

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

Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Qwen3.6-35B-A3B

$370

Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter

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

Switch friction

Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning -> Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Check replacement coverage for Reasoning before moving production traffic.
  • Qwen3.6-35B-A3B adds Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use in local capability data.
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B -> Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Qwen3.6-35B-A3B and Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Check replacement coverage for Vision, Multimodal, and JSON / Tool use before moving production traffic.
  • Phi-4 Mini Flash Reasoning adds Reasoning in local capability data.

Specs

Specification
Released2025-12-012026-04-16
Context window128k262k
Parameters3.8B35B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyMixture of Experts
LicenseMITOSI-approvedApache 2.0OSI-approved
OpennessOpen sourceOpen source
WeightsUnknownAvailable
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: permittedCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff2025-02-

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributePhi-4 Mini Flash ReasoningQwen3.6-35B-A3B
Input price-$0.15/1M tokens
Output price-$1/1M tokens
Providers
NVIDIA NIM
OpenRouterNovita AI

Capabilities

CapabilityPhi-4 Mini Flash ReasoningQwen3.6-35B-A3B
VisionNoYes
MultimodalNoYes
ReasoningYesNo
JSON / Tool useNoYes
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: 2026-06-29. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.