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Parse vs Phi 4 Reasoning

Comparing Parse and Phi 4 Reasoning across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Cohere · Microsoft · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Parse and Phi 4 Reasoning trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

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

Choose Parse

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Phi 4 Reasoning

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Benchmark wins
Input price
— / M
— / M
Output price
— / M
— / M
Context window
8,192

Individual benchmarks

1 reported for Parse · 11 for Phi 4 Reasoning

No common benchmarks found

Parse and Phi 4 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

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

11.7B diff

Phi 4 Reasoning has 11.7B more parameters than Parse, making it 508.7% larger.

Cohere
Parse
2.3Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning
14.0Bparameters
2.3B
Parse
14.0B
Phi 4 Reasoning

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Parse specifies input context (8,192 tokens).

Cohere
Parse
Input8,192 tokens
Output- tokens
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Aug 31 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Parse supports multimodal inputs, whereas Phi 4 Reasoning does not.

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

Parse

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi 4 Reasoning

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Parse 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.

Parse

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi 4 Reasoning

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Parse was released on 2026-08-27, while Phi 4 Reasoning was released on 2025-04-30.

Parse is 16 months newer than Phi 4 Reasoning.

Parse

Aug 27, 2026

3 days ago

1.3yr newer
Phi 4 Reasoning

Apr 30, 2025

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Phi 4 Reasoning has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-03-01, while Parse'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 Parse's cutoff date.

Parse

Phi 4 Reasoning

Mar 2025

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

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

Parse
✓ Preferred
Phi 4 Reasoning
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FAQ

Common questions about Parse vs Phi 4 Reasoning.

Which is better, Parse or Phi 4 Reasoning?

Parse (Cohere) and Phi 4 Reasoning (Microsoft) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does Parse compare to Phi 4 Reasoning in benchmarks?

Parse scores ParseBench: 79.2%. Phi 4 Reasoning scores FlenQA: 97.7%, HumanEval+: 92.9%, IFEval: 83.4%, OmniMath: 76.6%, AIME 2024: 75.3%.

What are the context window sizes for Parse and Phi 4 Reasoning?

Parse supports 8K 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.

What are the main differences between Parse and Phi 4 Reasoning?

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

Who makes Parse and Phi 4 Reasoning?

Parse is developed by Cohere and Phi 4 Reasoning is developed by Microsoft.