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Claude Mythos 5.2 vs Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Claude Mythos 5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.6 to 14.4.

Anthropic · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Mythos 5.2 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.6 to 14.4, ranking #2 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Mythos 5.2

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.6 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 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.

Claude Mythos 5.2
Anthropic
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.6
#2
14.4
#278
Reasoning
53.6
#7
14.8
#270
Coding
44.6
#5
5.5
#235
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$8.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$40.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
—

Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Claude Mythos 5.2 · 11 for Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

No common benchmarks found

Claude Mythos 5.2 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 Mythos 5.2 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Mythos 5.2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Mythos 5.2
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Nov 12 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Mythos 5.2 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Reasoning Plus does not.

Claude Mythos 5.2 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Mythos 5.2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Mythos 5.2 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.

Claude Mythos 5.2

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Mythos 5.2 was released on 2026-11-09, while Phi 4 Reasoning Plus was released on 2025-04-30.

Claude Mythos 5.2 is 19 months newer than Phi 4 Reasoning Plus.

Claude Mythos 5.2

Nov 9, 2026

3 days ago

1.5yr newer
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Apr 30, 2025

1.5 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Mythos 5.2 has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Phi 4 Reasoning Plus has a cutoff of 2025-03-01.

Claude Mythos 5.2 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).

Claude Mythos 5.2

Jun 2026

1.3 yr newer
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Mar 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Mythos 5.2 and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Mythos 5.2
✓ Preferred
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Mythos 5.2 vs Phi 4 Reasoning Plus.

Which is better, Claude Mythos 5.2 or Phi 4 Reasoning Plus?

Claude Mythos 5.2 leads the LLM Stats Score 59.6 to 14.4. Claude Mythos 5.2 is made by Anthropic and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude Mythos 5.2 compare to Phi 4 Reasoning Plus in benchmarks?

Claude Mythos 5.2 scores De novo protein binder design: 85.1%, Biomedical image analysis: 80.7%, Protocols Troubleshooting: 77.1%, Terminal-Bench-Science 0.1: 75.3%, Terminal-Bench 4.0: 70.5%. Phi 4 Reasoning Plus scores FlenQA: 97.9%, HumanEval+: 92.3%, IFEval: 84.9%, OmniMath: 81.9%, AIME 2024: 81.3%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Mythos 5.2 and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus?

Claude Mythos 5.2 supports 1.0M tokens and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Mythos 5.2 and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.6 vs 14.4), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Mythos 5.2 and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus?

Claude Mythos 5.2 is developed by Anthropic and Phi 4 Reasoning Plus is developed by Microsoft.

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