[Microsoft Research](/microsoft) Phi-4 is designed to perform well in complex reasoning tasks and can operate efficiently in situations with limited memory or where quick responses are needed. At 14 billion...
Model details →Microsoft: Phi 4 vs Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B
Microsoft: Phi 4 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Hy-MT2-30B-A3B is Tencent's flagship translation model in the Hy-MT2 family. It supports 33 language pairs and five Chinese dialect and minority-language pairs, with workflows for structured, delimiter-based, contextual, glossary-based, and…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Microsoft: Phi 4 | Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 16K | 8K | 🏆 Microsoft: Phi 4 |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.07 | $0.07 | 🏆 Microsoft: Phi 4 |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.14 | $0.29 | 🏆 Microsoft: Phi 4 |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | — | — | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | — | — | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Microsoft: Phi 4 better than Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B?
Microsoft: Phi 4 wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Microsoft: Phi 4 and Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B?
Input: $0.07 vs $0.07 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.14 vs $0.29 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Microsoft: Phi 4 and Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B support?
Microsoft: Phi 4 supports up to 16K tokens. Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B supports up to 8K tokens.
Do both Microsoft: Phi 4 and Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B support tool calling?
Microsoft: Phi 4: not advertised. Tencent: Hy-MT2-30B-A3B: not advertised.