Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 15.0.
Anthropic · Microsoft · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Claude Haiku 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.0 to 15.0, ranking #19 overall.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Claude Haiku 5.5
- overall performance matters — it scores 50.0 and ranks #19 on LLM Stats
- your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026
Choose Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
36 reported for Claude Haiku 5.5 · 11 for Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Claude Haiku 5.5 and Phi 4 Reasoning Plusdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Claude Haiku 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Haiku 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Claude Haiku 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Reasoning Plus does not.
Claude Haiku 5.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Claude Haiku 5.5
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
License
Usage and distribution terms
Claude Haiku 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi 4 Reasoning Plus 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 Haiku 5.5 was released on 2026-10-07, while Phi 4 Reasoning Plus was released on 2025-04-30.
Claude Haiku 5.5 is 18 months newer than Phi 4 Reasoning Plus.
Oct 7, 2026
1 days ago
1.4yr newerApr 30, 2025
1.4 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Claude Haiku 5.5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Phi 4 Reasoning Plus has a cutoff of 2025-03-01.
Claude Haiku 5.5 has more recent training data (up to 2026-06-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Phi 4 Reasoning Plus (2025-03-01).
Jun 2026
1.3 yr newerMar 2025
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Claude Haiku 5.5 and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Claude Haiku 5.5 vs Phi 4 Reasoning Plus.