Model Comparison

Claude Sonnet 4 vs Phi 4 Reasoning

Claude Sonnet 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (AIME 2025, GPQA), while Phi 4 Reasoning is better at 0 benchmarks.

Claude Sonnet 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Input tokens$3.00
Output tokens$15.00
Best providerAnthropic
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning
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 Sonnet 4 specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude Sonnet 4 specifies output context (64,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Input200,000 tokens
Output64,000 tokens
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Reasoning does not.

Claude Sonnet 4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Sonnet 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi 4 Reasoning

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Sonnet 4 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi 4 Reasoning uses MIT.

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

Claude Sonnet 4

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi 4 Reasoning

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 4 was released on 2025-05-22, while Phi 4 Reasoning was released on 2025-04-30.

Claude Sonnet 4 is 1 month newer than Phi 4 Reasoning.

Claude Sonnet 4

May 22, 2025

11 months ago

3w newer
Phi 4 Reasoning

Apr 30, 2025

11 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Reasoning has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-03-01, while Claude Sonnet 4's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Phi 4 Reasoning's training data extends to 2025-03-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Claude Sonnet 4's cutoff date.

Claude Sonnet 4

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Phi 4 Reasoning

Mar 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Anthropic
Larger context window (200,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher AIME 2025 score (70.5% vs 62.9%)
Higher GPQA score (75.4% vs 65.8%)
Microsoft
Has open weights
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4
MicrosoftPhi 4 Reasoning
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Detailed Comparison

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Feature
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning

FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 4 vs Phi 4 Reasoning

Claude Sonnet 4 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Claude Sonnet 4 is made by Anthropic and Phi 4 Reasoning is made by Microsoft. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Claude Sonnet 4 scores MMMLU: 86.5%, TAU-bench Retail: 80.5%, GPQA: 75.4%, MMMU: 74.4%, SWE-Bench Verified: 72.7%. Phi 4 Reasoning scores FlenQA: 97.7%, HumanEval+: 92.9%, IFEval: 83.4%, OmniMath: 76.6%, AIME 2024: 75.3%.
Claude Sonnet 4 supports 200K tokens and Phi 4 Reasoning supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Claude Sonnet 4 is developed by Anthropic and Phi 4 Reasoning is developed by Microsoft.