Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5 offers 8.0K more tokens in context window than Phi-4-multimodal-instruct. Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is $17.85 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4.5 was developed to bridge human thinking and machine assistance, allowing people to work with language and tools in a more conversational and natural way. Built with a focus on turning ideas into results, it represents an evolution in making AI feel less mechanical while maintaining strong capabilities across reasoning, coding, and collaborative tasks.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Multimodal was created to handle multiple input modalities including text, images, and potentially other formats. Built to extend Phi-4's efficiency into multimodal applications, it demonstrates that compact models can successfully integrate diverse information types.
8 months newer

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
Microsoft
2025-02-01

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
2024-06-01
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
ZeroEval


Claude Sonnet 4.5

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Claude Sonnet 4.5

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