Phi 4 vs WizardLM-2 8x22B

Phi 4 at $0.081 in and $0.161 out and WizardLM-2 8x22B at $0.713 in and $0.713 out — per million tokens, from the same wallet.

Phi 4

Microsoft

0.05¢

for a client proposal

$0.081 in · $0.161 out / 1M

16K context · released January 2025

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WizardLM-2 8x22B

Microsoft

0.41¢

for a client proposal

$0.713 in · $0.713 out / 1M

66K context · released April 2024

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Asking all both at once — identical prompt, identical context — costs about 0.47¢ for a typical client proposal.

At a glance

Cheapest input: Phi 4 at $0.081 per million tokens.
Cheapest output: Phi 4 at $0.161 per million tokens.
Largest context: WizardLM-2 8x22B at 66K tokens — about 94 pages.

Cost per task

Estimated totals at the rates above. Solid bar is input, lighter bar is output.

Quick code fix

2K in · 500 out

Phi 4

0.02¢

WizardLM-2 8x22B

0.18¢

Draft a client proposal from notes

5K in · 800 out

Phi 4

0.05¢

WizardLM-2 8x22B

0.41¢

Context-heavy session (Alyph workspace)

155K in · 4K out

Phi 4

needs 155K ctx

WizardLM-2 8x22B

needs 155K ctx

Analyze a 50-page legal contract

35K in · 1K out

Phi 4

needs 35K ctx

WizardLM-2 8x22B

2.6¢

Large architecture refactor

250K in · 3K out

Phi 4

needs 250K ctx

WizardLM-2 8x22B

needs 250K ctx

Solid part of each bar is input tokens, the lighter part is output. Models that don’t fit a task are marked instead of priced.

Cost vs Token Amount

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Phi 4

WizardLM-2 8x22B

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Pricing

Phi 4

WizardLM-2 8x22B

Input / 1M tokens

$0.081

$0.713

Output / 1M tokens

$0.161

$0.713

Specs

Phi 4

WizardLM-2 8x22B

Provider

Microsoft

Released

January 2025

April 2024

Context window

16K

66K

Max output

16K

Input

Text

Output

Text

Reasoning

Answers directly

Knowledge cutoff

2024-06-30

2024-04-30

Try it with real numbers

2K tokens in · 500 tokens out.

Phi 4

Microsoft

0.02¢

for this task

67% input · 33% output

Full pricing →

WizardLM-2 8x22B

Microsoft

0.18¢

for this task

80% input · 20% output

Full pricing →

All 2, same prompt and context: 0.2¢. That is the entire cost of the comparison.

Your $5 welcome credit covers about 2,470 of these.

Which should you pick?

For long documents, WizardLM-2 8x22B has the largest context window here — 66K tokens.

On price, Phi 4 is the cheapest of the two on a typical task, at about 0.05¢.

Or don’t pick. Send the identical prompt to all both, read the answers side by side, and keep the winner. How to run a fair bake-off →

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Questions, answered

Which is cheaper, Phi 4 or WizardLM-2 8x22B?

On a typical client proposal (5K tokens in, 800 out): Phi 4 at 0.05¢; WizardLM-2 8x22B at 0.41¢. Long prompts can change the order when long-context rates apply.

Which has the largest context window?

WizardLM-2 8x22B — 66K tokens, about 94 pages.

Can I run Phi 4 and WizardLM-2 8x22B side by side on Alyph?

Yes — that is what Alyph is built for: the identical prompt with identical context to all 2, answers rendered side by side, billed from one wallet. This exact combination costs about 0.47¢ for a typical task.

Ask both at once

Identical prompt, identical context, answers side by side — about 0.47¢ for a typical client proposal. Free to start, with $5 of credit.