Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning leads with 3.6% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is a language model developed by NVIDIA. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 67.9% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in GSM8k (91.4%), HellaSwag (85.6%), Winogrande (84.5%). Released in 2024, it represents NVIDIA's latest advancement in AI technology.
Microsoft
Phi 4 Reasoning is a language model developed by Microsoft. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 75.1% across 11 benchmarks. It excels particularly in FlenQA (97.7%), HumanEval+ (92.9%), IFEval (83.4%). It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Microsoft's latest advancement in AI technology.
7 months newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
2024-10-01
Phi 4 Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Average performance across 22 common benchmarks
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Phi 4 Reasoning
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
2023-12-01
Phi 4 Reasoning
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Phi 4 Reasoning
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Phi 4 Reasoning