Microsoft: Phi 4 Reasoning Plus

Microsoft's Phi 4 Reasoning Plus, an enhanced 14B parameter model, demonstrates moderate speed performance, ranking in the 27th percentile across benchmarks. It offers competitive pricing, placing in the 47th percentile. Notably, the model exhibits exceptional reliability with a 99% success rate, indicating minimal technical failures. In terms of benchmark performance, Phi 4 Reasoning Plus shows a mixed profile. It excels in Ethics, achieving perfect 100% accuracy, making it the most accurate model at its price point and among models of similar speed. Its Coding performance is strong at 89.0% accuracy, placing it in the 69th percentile. General Knowledge is solid at 95.5% accuracy. However, the model struggles significantly with Instruction Following, achieving only 12.1% accuracy, and shows lower accuracy in Email Classification at 88.0%. Its key strength lies in its robust reasoning capabilities, particularly in ethical scenarios and coding, while its primary weakness is its limited instruction following precision. Designed for English-only structured reasoning workflows, its longer, more comprehensive outputs contribute to higher latency but prioritize output quality.