Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Claude Sonnet 4 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Sonnet 4 is available on 4 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4 was created as the balanced offering in the Claude 4 family, designed to provide strong intelligence with practical speed and cost efficiency. Built to serve as a versatile workhorse for diverse applications, it balances advanced capabilities with operational considerations for everyday enterprise and consumer use.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Reasoning Plus was created as an enhanced reasoning variant, designed to provide even deeper analytical capabilities within the Phi-4 family. Built to maximize reasoning quality while maintaining the efficiency benefits of small models, it represents the most capable reasoning-focused option in the Phi-4 series.
22 days newer

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Microsoft
2025-04-30

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
2025-05-22
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4

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

Claude Sonnet 4
Anthropic
Bedrock
ZeroEval

Claude Sonnet 4

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Claude Sonnet 4

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus