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 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.
2 months newer

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Microsoft
2025-04-30

Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral AI
2025-07-11
Context window and performance specifications
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral AI

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Devstral Small 1.1

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Devstral Small 1.1

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus