Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Phi 4 Mini Reasoning Comparison
Comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning is better at 0 benchmarks.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
Cost data unavailable.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.5 Sonnet specifies output context (200,000 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Mini Reasoning does not.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning uses MIT.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
MIT
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released on 2024-10-22, while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning was released on 2025-04-30.
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning is 6 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
Oct 22, 2024
1.4 years ago
Apr 30, 2025
10 months ago
6mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-02-01, while Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Phi 4 Mini Reasoning's training data extends to 2025-02-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date.
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Feb 2025
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
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Detailed Comparison
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