Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Mistral AI
Devstral Small was developed as a more efficient development-focused model, designed to bring software engineering assistance to resource-conscious deployments. Built to provide coding capabilities with reduced computational requirements, it enables developer tools in environments where efficiency is paramount.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Mini Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the ultra-compact Phi-4 Mini architecture. Built to demonstrate that reasoning enhancements can be applied even to very small models, it brings analytical depth to resource-constrained environments.
2 months newer

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30

Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral AI
2025-07-11
Context window and performance specifications
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral AI

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Devstral Small 1.1

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

Devstral Small 1.1

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning