Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct Comparison

Comparing Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3.7 Sonnet outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMMU), while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Input tokens$3.00
Output tokens$15.00
Best providerAnthropic
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3.7 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3.7 Sonnet specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.7 Sonnet was released on 2025-02-24, while Phi-3.5-vision-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is 6 months newer than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Feb 24, 2025

1.0 years ago

6mo newer
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Higher MMMU score (75.0% vs 43.0%)
Has open weights
AnthropicClaude 3.7 Sonnet
MicrosoftPhi-3.5-vision-instruct

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct