Model Comparison

Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Claude 3.7 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is 96.0x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Claude 3.7 Sonnet outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMMU), while Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct costs less

For input processing, Claude 3.7 Sonnet ($3.00/1M tokens) is 60.0x more expensive than Phi-4-multimodal-instruct ($0.05/1M tokens).

For output processing, Claude 3.7 Sonnet ($15.00/1M tokens) is 150.0x more expensive than Phi-4-multimodal-instruct ($0.10/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Claude 3.7 Sonnet is more expensive than Phi-4-multimodal-instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

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-4-multimodal-instruct
Input tokens$0.05
Output tokens$0.10
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Claude 3.7 Sonnet accepts 200,000 input tokens compared to Phi-4-multimodal-instruct's 128,000 tokens. Both models can generate responses up to 128,000 tokens.

Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Both Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Phi-4-multimodal-instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3.7 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.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3.7 Sonnet was released on 2025-02-24, while Phi-4-multimodal-instruct was released on 2025-02-01.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is 1 month newer than Phi-4-multimodal-instruct.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Feb 24, 2025

1.1 years ago

3w newer
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Feb 1, 2025

1.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-06-01, while Claude 3.7 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 3.7 Sonnet's cutoff date.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

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Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Jun 2024

Provider Availability

Claude 3.7 Sonnet is available from Anthropic, Bedrock, Google. Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is available from DeepInfra.

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

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Anthropic
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M
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AWS Bedrock
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M
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Google
Input Price:Input: $3.00/1MOutput Price:Output: $15.00/1M

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

deepinfra logo
Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.05/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.10/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Higher MMMU score (75.0% vs 55.1%)
Microsoft
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights
AnthropicClaude 3.7 Sonnet
MicrosoftPhi-4-multimodal-instruct
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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Anthropic
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Microsoft
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Claude 3.7 Sonnet significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude 3.7 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude 3.7 Sonnet scores MATH-500: 96.2%, IFEval: 93.2%, MMMLU: 86.1%, GPQA: 84.8%, TAU-bench Retail: 81.2%. Phi-4-multimodal-instruct scores ScienceQA Visual: 97.5%, DocVQA: 93.2%, MMBench: 86.7%, POPE: 85.6%, OCRBench: 84.4%.
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is 60.0x cheaper for input tokens. Claude 3.7 Sonnet costs $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output via anthropic. Phi-4-multimodal-instruct costs $0.05/M input and $0.10/M output via deepinfra.
Claude 3.7 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and Phi-4-multimodal-instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (200K vs 128K), input pricing ($3.00 vs $0.05/M), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude 3.7 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is developed by Microsoft.