# o4-mini (high) vs Phi-4-reasoning

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for o4-mini (high) and Phi-4-reasoning across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/o4-mini-high-vs-phi-4-reasoning
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: o4-mini (high) and Phi-4-reasoning share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- o4-mini (high) has the larger published context window at 200K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | o4-mini (high) | Phi-4-reasoning |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Microsoft |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 32K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 3 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o4-mini (high) | Phi-4-reasoning | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 53.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o4-mini (high) | Phi-4-reasoning | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 65.8% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o4-mini (high) | Phi-4-reasoning | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o4-mini (high) public-lane score: 45 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | o4-mini (high) | Phi-4-reasoning | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 92.7% | 62.9% | o4-mini (high) |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 36.140% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 4.878% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 75.3% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between o4-mini (high) and Phi-4-reasoning?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [o4-mini (high) vs o4-mini](/compare/o4-mini-vs-o4-mini-high)
- [Phi-4-reasoning vs o4-mini](/compare/o4-mini-vs-phi-4-reasoning)
- [o4-mini (high) vs Phi-4-reasoning-plus](/compare/o4-mini-high-vs-phi-4-reasoning-plus)
- [Phi-4-reasoning vs Phi-4-reasoning-plus](/compare/phi-4-reasoning-vs-phi-4-reasoning-plus)

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- [o4-mini (high) profile](/models/o4-mini-high)
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