Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Opus 4 leads with 41.3% higher average benchmark score. Claude Opus 4 offers 72.0K more tokens in context window than Phi-3.5-mini-instruct. Phi-3.5-mini-instruct is $89.80 cheaper per million tokens. Claude Opus 4 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Opus 4 is available on 4 providers. Overall, Claude Opus 4 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4 was developed as the flagship model in the Claude 4 generation, designed to push the boundaries of AI capability in complex reasoning, analysis, and multi-step problem-solving. Built to handle the most demanding enterprise tasks, it represents Anthropic's highest tier of intelligence and capability.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 Mini was developed by Microsoft as a small language model designed to deliver impressive performance despite its compact size. Built with efficiency in mind, it demonstrates that capable language understanding and generation can be achieved with fewer parameters, making AI more accessible for edge and resource-constrained deployments.
9 months newer

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23

Claude Opus 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude Opus 4

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Claude Opus 4

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Opus 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Opus 4

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Claude Opus 4

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Azure