Phi-4 Mini Reasoning: context, capabilities and where to run it

Prices from official vendor price lists · October 2026

Microsoft does not publish a token price for Phi-4 Mini Reasoning, so cost depends on where it is hosted. Recorded here for reasoning, open weights.

Capabilities
Text & chatReasoningTool calling
Context window
128K tokens
Price / mo
API only

Phi-4 Mini Reasoning is an AI model from Microsoft. The vendor does not publish a public per-token price, so the cost cells are left empty rather than guessed.

It holds 128K tokens in a single conversation. Capabilities recorded in this rating: text & chat, reasoning, tool calling, low latency, multilingual. Access is through the API rather than a consumer subscription.

API priceNot publishedper 1M tokens, in / out
Context128K tokenstokens per conversation
VendorMicrosoftall models from this vendor
TierUnpricedno public rate card

Compared with alternatives

Good and poor fit

Good fit
  • Multi-step analysis, planning and code review, where the first plausible answer is often wrong.
  • High-volume routing, classification and autocomplete.
Poor fit
  • Long multi-step reasoning, where a larger model finishes in fewer attempts.
  • Anything requiring image input — this model does not accept it.

Related filters

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Reasoning175 models that think before answering
Tool calling172 models that call your functions
Low latency76 small, fast models for volume
MultilingualAll 245 models work beyond English
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Frequently asked questions

How much does Phi-4 Mini Reasoning cost?

Microsoft does not publish a public per-token rate for this model, so the price cells here are empty rather than estimated.

What is the context window of Phi-4 Mini Reasoning?

128K tokens in a single conversation.

What can Phi-4 Mini Reasoning do?

In this rating it is recorded with: text & chat, reasoning, tool calling, low latency, multilingual, open weights.

Is Phi-4 Mini Reasoning a good choice?

It depends on the job. See the good-fit and poor-fit lists above, and compare against the neighbouring models before committing.

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