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Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 51.5 to 7.2.

Anthropic · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.5 to 7.2, ranking #12 overall.

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

Choose Claude Sonnet 5.5

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.5 and ranks #12 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Sonnet 5.5
Anthropic
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.5
#12
7.2
#296
Reasoning
49.7
#16
7.5
#287
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$2.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$10.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Individual benchmarks

8 reported for Claude Sonnet 5.5 · 3 for Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

No common benchmarks found

Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Phi 4 Mini Reasoningdon'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 Sonnet 5.5 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Sonnet 5.5 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Sep 28 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Mini Reasoning does not.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning uses MIT.

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

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Sonnet 5.5 was released on 2026-09-28, while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning was released on 2025-04-30.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is 17 months newer than Phi 4 Mini Reasoning.

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Sep 28, 2026

0 days ago

1.4yr newer
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Apr 30, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Claude Sonnet 5.5 has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-01, while Phi 4 Mini Reasoning has a cutoff of 2025-02-01.

Claude Sonnet 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 Mini Reasoning (2025-02-01).

Claude Sonnet 5.5

Jun 2026

1.3 yr newer
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Feb 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Sonnet 5.5 vs Phi 4 Mini Reasoning.

Which is better, Claude Sonnet 5.5 or Phi 4 Mini Reasoning?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads the LLM Stats Score 51.5 to 7.2. Claude Sonnet 5.5 is made by Anthropic and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning 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 Sonnet 5.5 compare to Phi 4 Mini Reasoning in benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores OSWorld 2.1 (partial): 80.1%, Terminal-Bench 4.0: 70.6%, Humanity's Last Exam (with tools): 64.5%, Chartography (no tools): 61.6%, GDPval-AA 2.1: 61.5%. Phi 4 Mini Reasoning scores MATH-500: 94.6%, AIME: 57.5%, GPQA: 52.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 supports 1.0M tokens and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning 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 Sonnet 5.5 and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.5 vs 7.2), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is developed by Anthropic and Phi 4 Mini Reasoning is developed by Microsoft.

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