Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus leads with 23.6% higher average benchmark score. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. 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.
Mistral AI
Pixtral 12B was introduced as Mistral's multimodal vision-language model, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built with 12 billion parameters for integrated visual and textual processing, it extends Mistral's capabilities into multimodal applications.
7 months newer

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Pixtral-12B
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Pixtral-12B

Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Pixtral-12B