Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Claude Sonnet 4.5 leads with 20.9% higher average benchmark score. Claude Sonnet 4.5 supports multimodal inputs. Claude Sonnet 4.5 is available on 2 providers. Overall, Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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 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.
5 months newer

Phi 4 Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
2025-09-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Phi 4 Reasoning
Claude Sonnet 4.5
2025-01-31
Phi 4 Reasoning
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude Sonnet 4.5
Anthropic
ZeroEval


Claude Sonnet 4.5

Phi 4 Reasoning

Claude Sonnet 4.5

Phi 4 Reasoning
Phi 4 Reasoning