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Phi 4 Reasoning vs Pixtral-12B
Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning leads with 22.1% higher average benchmark score. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Phi 4 Reasoning is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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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.
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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
Microsoft
2025-04-30
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Performance Metrics
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
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Phi 4 Reasoning
Average Score:83.4%(+22.1%)
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Pixtral-12B
Average Score:61.3%
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Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning
2025-03-01
More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks
Provider Availability & Performance
Available providers and their performance metrics
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Phi 4 Reasoning
0 providers
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Pixtral-12B
1 providers
Mistral AI
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Phi 4 Reasoning
Avg Score:83.4%(+22.1%)
Providers:0
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Pixtral-12B
Avg Score:61.3%
Providers:1