Claude 3.5 Sonnet vs Phi-4-multimodal-instruct Comparison
Comparing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Phi-4-multimodal-instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Claude 3.5 Sonnet outperforms in 5 benchmarks (AI2D, ChartQA, DocVQA, MathVista, MMMU), while Phi-4-multimodal-instruct 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
For input processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 60.0x more expensive than Phi-4-multimodal-instruct ($0.05/1M tokens).
For output processing, Claude 3.5 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 150.0x more expensive than Phi-4-multimodal-instruct ($0.10/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Claude 3.5 Sonnet is more expensive than Phi-4-multimodal-instruct.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Claude 3.5 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Phi-4-multimodal-instruct's 128,000 tokens. Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate longer responses up to 200,000 tokens, while Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is limited to 128,000 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Phi-4-multimodal-instruct support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi-4-multimodal-instruct 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-multimodal-instruct was released on 2025-02-01.
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is 3 months newer than Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
Oct 22, 2024
1.4 years ago
Feb 1, 2025
1.1 years ago
3mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Phi-4-multimodal-instruct's training data extends to 2024-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude 3.5 Sonnet's cutoff date.
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Jun 2024
Provider Availability
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is available from DeepInfra. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Detailed Comparison
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