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Phi 4 Multimodal
microsoft·microsoft/phi-4-multimodal-instruct·GA·Open weights·phi series
Multimodal model for analyzing text, images, documents, and rich media
At a glance
Official price$0.08 / $0.32 per 1M
Cache read — · Azure Cognitive Services
Lowest paid$0.07 / $0.11
NanoGPT Gateway · 1.1× spread
1 more $0 channels
Context128,000
Output limit4,096
Capabilities
ReasoningTool useStructured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
TextImageAudio
Knowledge cutoff2023-10
Released / updated2025-07-26 / 2025-07-26
Quality & performanceArtificial Analysis · Intelligence Index v4.1
Intelligence4.2
Value53
Coding—
Agentic—
Output speed17 tok/s
TTFT0.88 s
Value formulaIQ 4.2 ÷ min blended $0.080 = 53
Quality is independently evaluated by Artificial Analysis. Speed/latency are model-level medians.
Available at 4 providers3 with public prices · 1 free
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia | First-party | Free | — | — | 128,000 | 16,384 | ||
| NanoGPT | Gateway | $0.07 | $0.11 | $0.035 | — | 128,000 | 16,384 | |
| Azure Cognitive ServicesOfficial phi-4-multimodal | First-party | $0.08 | $0.32 | — | — | 128,000 | 4,096 | |
| AzureOfficial phi-4-multimodal | First-party | $0.08 | $0.32 | — | — | 128,000 | 4,096 |
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Your usage cost
1NanoGPT$15.30
2Azure Cognitive Services · Official$32.00
3Azure · Official$32.00
1 more channels offer $0 (Nvidia); free tiers usually have rate limits and no SLA, excluded from ranking.
Switch to NanoGPT to save $16.70/mo (52%)
Note: this is a gateway; verify availability and rate limits yourself.
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