# GPT-4.5 vs Phi-4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-4.5 and Phi-4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-4-5-vs-phi-4
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4.5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-4.5 leads overall 69 to 24.97.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is GPQA in Knowledge, with scores of 69.5% and 56.1%.
- Phi-4 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-4.5 also has the larger context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-4.5 | Phi-4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Microsoft |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 16K |
| Overall Score | null | 24.97 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 5 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $75.00 / $150.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Phi-4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HumanEval | 88.6% | 82.6% | GPT-4.5 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 25.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Phi-4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| DROP | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 23.5 (Supported · #173/181)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Phi-4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 90.8% | 84.8% | GPT-4.5 |
| GPQA | 69.5% | 56.1% | GPT-4.5 |
| SimpleQA | 62.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 1 (#17/17)

| Benchmark | GPT-4.5 | Phi-4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | 86.9% | 80.6% | GPT-4.5 |
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 49.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4 public-lane score: 28.8 (#118/128)

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-4.5 or Phi-4?

GPT-4.5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-4.5 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-4.5 currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Phi-4 cover on BenchLM?

Phi-4 currently has 5 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [GPT-4.5 profile](/models/gpt-4-5)
- [Phi-4 profile](/models/phi-4)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)