Phi-4 Mini Instruct
Phi-4 Mini Instruct is Microsoft's language model with a 131K context window and up to 4K output tokens, available from 2 providers, starting at $0.075 / 1M input and $0.3 / 1M output. An instruction-tuned variant of the compact Phi-4 Mini model, designed for efficient chat and reasoning applications.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling✓
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs✓
Native JSON Schema✓
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.075 | $0.3 | |
| $8.00 | $35.00 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Phi-4 Mini Instruct, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 9 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard_NV4as_v4 |  Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 16 GB | $0.233/hr | westus2 | |
| g5g.xlarge |  AWS | T4g | 16 GB | $0.420/hr | us-east-1 | |
| Standard_NV8as_v4 | Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 16 GB | $0.466/hr | westus2 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi-4 Mini Instruct | 131K | $0.075 | $0.300 | Current | |
| Phi-4 Mini | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Phi-4 Mini MM | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Phi-4 Mini Reasoning | — | 131K | $0.080 | $0.320 | Available |
| Phi-3 Mini | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Phi-3 Mini Instruct | — | 131K | $0.100 | $0.100 | Available |
| Phi-3.5 Mini Instruct | — | 128K | $0.130 | $0.520 | Available |
Other Models
| Model | Tier | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi-4 | — | 16K | $0.070 | $0.140 | |
| Phi-4 Multimodal | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phi-4 Eagle | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct | — | — | 131K | $0.080 | $0.320 |
| Phi-4 Reasoning | — | — | 33K | $0.125 | $0.500 |
| Phi-4 Reasoning Plus | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phi-3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phi-3 Medium Instruct | — | — | 128K | $0.170 | $0.680 |
| Phi-3 Small Instruct | — | — | 128K | $0.150 | $0.600 |
| Phi-3 Vision Instruct | — | — | 32K | $0.200 | $0.200 |