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Phi 4 Mini Instruct Pricing

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Microsoft · 131K tokens context

Phi 4 Mini Instruct from Microsoft costs $0.080 per 1 million input tokens and $0.350 per 1 million output tokens as of June 2026 (live OpenRouter data). The model supports a 131,072-token context window (approximately 98,304 words) with a 128K-token maximum output. A typical 1,000-token request costs $0.0001 in input charges; a 10,000-token request costs $0.0008.

Phi 4 Mini Instruct pricing and capability summary
Input price$0.080 / 1M tokens
Output price$0.350 / 1M tokens
Output / input ratio4.4×
Context window131,072 tokens (~98,304 words)
Maximum output128,000 tokens
Cost per 1K tokens (input)$0.0001
TierFast
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Phi-4-mini-instruct is a lightweight open model built upon synthetic data and filtered publicly available websites - with a focus on high-quality, reasoning dense data. The model belongs to the Phi-4...

Live pricing from OpenRouter

Input Price

$0.080

per 1 million tokens

Output Price

$0.350

per 1 million tokens

Context Window

131K tokens

max 128K output

Cost Examples

Request TypeTokensInput CostOutput Cost
1,000 word article1,333$0.000107$0.00014
10-page document (2,500 words)3,333$0.000267$0.00035
1,000 lines of code5,000$0.0004$0.000525
100K token document100,000$0.008$0.0105

Output cost estimated at 30% of input token count. Use the calculator for exact figures.

Strengths

  • Extremely cheap at $0.080/1M input tokens
  • Low latency for high-throughput workloads
  • Cost-effective at scale

Limitations

  • Less capable than flagship models on complex reasoning
  • Quality and availability can vary by hosting provider

Best Use Cases

High-volume classification
Text extraction and summarization
Simple chat and Q&A
Cost-sensitive pipelines

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