Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads with 3.8% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is available on 2 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5 is a multimodal language model developed by Anthropic. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 75.8% across 9 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MMMLU (89.1%), AIME 2025 (87.0%), TAU-bench Retail (86.2%). It supports a 264K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 2 API providers. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents Anthropic's latest advancement in AI technology.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is a multimodal language model developed by Microsoft. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 68.3% across 9 benchmarks. It excels particularly in ScienceQA (91.3%), POPE (86.1%), MMBench (81.9%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2024, it represents Microsoft's latest advancement in AI technology.
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Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 18 common benchmarks
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
ZeroEval
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Claude Sonnet 4.5
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct