Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus leads with 34.6% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Phi 4 Reasoning Plus is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 MoE was created using a mixture-of-experts architecture, designed to provide enhanced capabilities while maintaining efficiency through sparse activation. Built to combine the benefits of larger models with practical computational requirements, it represents Microsoft's exploration of efficient scaling techniques.
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2024-08-23

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2025-04-30
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

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Available providers and their performance metrics

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