Claude Sonnet 5 (High) vs Phi-4 Mini Instruct

Claude Sonnet 5 (High) vs Phi-4 Mini Instruct. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

AnthropicClaude Sonnet 5 (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
31.70
Total cost
$2086
MicrosoftPhi-4 Mini InstructNot ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
6.30
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricClaude Sonnet 5 (High)Phi-4 Mini InstructDifference
Intelligence (higher is better)31.76.3−80.1% Phi-4 Mini Instruct is 80.1% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$2,086.04Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)15.10s11.81s−21.8% Phi-4 Mini Instruct is 21.8% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$2.00 / $10.0$0.07 / $0.30
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
Open this matchup in the interactive pickerClaude Sonnet 5 (High): what beats itPhi-4 Mini Instruct: what beats it
Matchup

Compare something else

Agents: Accept: text/markdown or ?format=md returns this page as Markdown. JSON: /api/v1/compare/claude-sonnet-5-high/phi-4-mini · Markdown: /api/v1/compare/claude-sonnet-5-high/phi-4-mini?format=md · llms.txt · agent skill