Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended analytical thinking into the Phi-4 architecture, designed to spend more time on complex problem-solving. Built to combine compact model efficiency with reasoning depth, it represents Microsoft's exploration of thoughtful small models.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 Vision was developed as a multimodal variant of Phi-3.5, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built to extend the Phi family's efficiency into vision-language tasks, it enables compact multimodal AI for practical applications.
8 months newer

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
Microsoft
2024-08-23

Phi 4 Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Phi 4 Reasoning
2025-03-01
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Phi 4 Reasoning

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Phi 4 Reasoning

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct