Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude 3.5 Sonnet leads with 2.3% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3.5 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3.5 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
This upgraded version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet was released with significant improvements in coding and agentic tool use. Built to deliver enhanced performance in software engineering tasks, it brought substantial gains in reasoning and problem-solving while introducing the groundbreaking computer use capability in public beta, allowing it to interact with computer interfaces like a human.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended analytical thinking into the Phi-4 architecture, designed to spend more time on complex problem-solving. Built to combine compact model efficiency with reasoning depth, it represents Microsoft's exploration of thoughtful small models.
6 months newer

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-10-22

Phi 4 Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Phi 4 Reasoning
Phi 4 Reasoning
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Phi 4 Reasoning

Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Phi 4 Reasoning

Phi 4 Reasoning