Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Mini leads with 15.7% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Overall, Phi 4 Mini is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 73.8% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in ARC-C (93.2%), GSM8k (92.3%), HellaSwag (89.0%). It supports a 400K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 3 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
Microsoft
Phi 4 Mini is a language model developed by Microsoft. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 65.4% across 17 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (88.6%), ARC-C (83.7%), BoolQ (81.2%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Microsoft's latest advancement in AI technology.
11 months newer
Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29
Phi 4 Mini
Microsoft
2025-02-01
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 19 common benchmarks
Claude 3 Sonnet
Phi 4 Mini
Phi 4 Mini
2024-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock
Claude 3 Sonnet
Phi 4 Mini
Claude 3 Sonnet
Phi 4 Mini
Phi 4 Mini