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Phi-4 Multimodal

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IA Multimodale NativeOfficial Source Verified ↗
75
Intelligence Index

Phi-4 Multimodal de Microsoft est un modèle d’IA conçu pour la compréhension multimodale native (texte, vision) et l’analyse de documents complexes, offrant une fenêtre de contexte de 128K, une vitesse de 160 tokens/s, un indice d’intelligence de 75/100 et un tarif de accès gratuit à poids ouverts.

Technical Specifications

Provider
Microsoft
Category
open-source
Release Date
2025-02
Knowledge Cutoff
November 2024
Architecture
Compact Tri-Modal Foundation Transformer
Parameters
5.6B
Context Window
128K tokens
Max Output
8K tokens
Cached Input Price
$0 / 1M tokens
Batch API Discount
Standard rate
Consumer Subscription
Free / Self-Hosted
Reasoning Mode
No (Standard)
Reasoning Effort Control
Fixed
Tool Calling
Yes
Structured Outputs
Yes
Open Weights
Yes (Open Source / Self-Hostable)
Input Modalities
text, vision, audio
Output Modalities
text
Official Documentation
Visit Official Docs ↗

Data Privacy, Licensing & Deployment Governance

API Data Training Policy
100% Isolated when self-hosted on private GPUs or VPC
Model License & Commercial Rights
Open-Weights Research & Commercial License
Deployment & Cloud Availability
Self-Hosted GPU (vLLM / Ollama), Private VPC, or Managed Serverless API
Output Ownership
Full commercial ownership of generated outputs

Official Provider Release Intelligence, API Quotas & Agentic Specs

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Official API Model ID (SDK String)
phi-4-multimodal
Supported SDK & API Protocol
OpenAI-Compatible REST / vLLM / SGLang / HuggingFace TGI
Lifecycle & Deprecation Status
Active GA (Guaranteed support through 2027+)
Production Rate Limits (RPM & TPM)
Unlimited (Hardware-bound on self-hosted GPU) / 10,000 RPM Cloud · Unlimited local throughput / 10M+ TPM Managed Cloud
Long-Context Pricing Tier (>128K / >200K)
Free across full context window (only KV-cache VRAM scales)
Prompt Cache Write & TTL Policy
Automatic prefix KV-caching in vLLM / SGLang (0 cost)
Computer Use & Browser GUI Agent
API / CLI Tool-Use & DOM Agent ready (no raw pixel desktop click loop)
MCP & Parallel Tool Calling
Native MCP Client/Server ready · Parallel function calling · 100% Strict JSON Schema
Web Search Grounding & Code Sandbox
Supported via external Tavily/Exa Search & E2B/Docker Sandbox tools
Fine-Tuning & Distillation Support
Full Weights SFT, LoRA, QLoRA, DPO & GRPO RL (Unsloth / Axolotl / Llama-Factory)
Multimodal Tokenization Billing
Text BPE (~4 chars/token) · Vision (~258–765 tokens per image tile) · Audio (~25–32 tokens/sec)
Weights Precision & Quantization
BF16 / FP16, FP8 Dynamic, INT4 AWQ / GPTQ, GGUF (Q4_K_M / Q8_0)
Minimum GPU VRAM Requirement
3 GB VRAM (4-bit Quantized) · 12 GB VRAM (Native BF16)
Supported Inference Engines
vLLM, SGLang, Ollama, llama.cpp, TensorRT-LLM, HuggingFace TGI
System Card & Safety Framework
Open-Weights System Card + Customizable Guardrail Layer (Llama Guard / ShieldGemma)
Enterprise Compliance (SOC2 / HIPAA / ZDR)
100% Air-Gapped On-Premises / Private VPC · Full HIPAA, GDPR & SOC2 Control
Engineering & Pricing Workbench

Phi-4 Multimodal Cost, Context, Hardware & API Integration

500 / day
4,000 tok
1,000 tok
Conversation Depth (History Re-billing):1 Turn (Single-Shot)
50%
Estimated Monthly API Cost (30 Days)
Free ($0)
Subscription ($20/mo) vs API

Open-weights or free-tier model: $0 API license cost when self-hosted.

Same Monthly Workload Cost Across Popular Reference Models

Phi-4 Multimodal (Active)
$0.00
/ month
Gemini 2.5 Flash
$18.00
/ month
DeepSeek V3
$32.70
/ month
GPT-4o
$300.00
/ month
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
$405.00
/ month

Live Prompt Paste Tokenizer & Cost Counter

Paste real system instructions, JSON schemas, or code to measure BPE token counts across tokenizers.

Chars / Words
175 / 24
OpenAI o200k
~46 tok
Claude BPE
~49 tok
Llama / DeepSeek
~51 tok

Hybrid Prompt Routing Cascade Simulator

Route routine queries to a fast lightweight model ($0.15/1M) and escalate only complex reasoning turns to Phi-4 Multimodal:

Cascaded Monthly Bill:$13.50/mo
This model is already priced at or below the fast router baseline.

Benchmark Scores & 6-Axis Capability Radar

Benchmark Encyclopedia
Coding (82)Reasoning (75)Knowledge (71)Speed (100)Context (75)Cost Value (98)
Phi-4 Multimodal2026 Frontier Median
MMLU-Pro
71%
HumanEval
82%
Chatbot Arena Elo
1250pts

Strengths

  • Fenêtre de contexte de 128K et capacité de sortie maximale de 8K tokens (MMLU-Pro 71% · Arena Elo 1250)
  • Débit rapide de 160 tokens/seconde avec une latence au premier token (TTFT) de 230 ms
  • Poids ouverts (5.6B) permettant un déploiement sur site ou cloud privé via vLLM, SGLang ou Ollama

Limitations & Trade-offs

  • Nécessite des serveurs GPU dotés de suffisamment de mémoire VRAM pour l’inférence locale à pleine précision
  • Sur les problèmes de recherche fondamentale très complexes, les modèles de raisonnement lourd restent supérieurs

Editorial Assessment

Alliant un indice d’intelligence de 75/100, un contexte de 128K et un débit de 160 tok/s, Phi-4 Multimodal s’impose comme une valeur sûre de la gamme Microsoft.

Best for: Conçu pour la compréhension multimodale native (texte, vision) et l’analyse de documents complexes, l’intégration RAG et les pipelines de production évolutifs.

Frequently Asked Questions about Phi-4 Multimodal

How much does the Phi-4 Multimodal API cost per 1M tokens?+

Phi-4 Multimodal by Microsoft is priced at $0 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens. With prompt caching enabled, cached input tokens cost $0 per 1M tokens, and asynchronous Batch API requests receive a 0% discount.

Should I use a $20/month subscription or the Phi-4 Multimodal pay-as-you-go API?+

A flat $20/month consumer subscription is predictable for daily interactive chat and manual coding. However, if you are building software, running automated workflows, or sending low-to-moderate volume with prompt caching enabled, the pay-as-you-go API is typically far more cost-effective and offers higher rate limits without manual UI caps.

How many words and pages fit in Phi-4 Multimodal's context window?+

Phi-4 Multimodal features a 128K tokens context window, which equals approximately 96,000 English words or ~256 standard single-spaced pages in a single prompt. Its maximum output generation per turn is 8,192 tokens.

Can I run Phi-4 Multimodal locally on my own GPU (Open Weights)?+

Yes, Phi-4 Multimodal (5.6B) releases open weights that can be self-hosted locally or on private cloud GPUs using vLLM, Ollama, SGLang, or llama.cpp.

Does Microsoft train on data sent to the Phi-4 Multimodal API, and is commercial use allowed?+

100% Isolated when self-hosted on private GPUs or VPC. License tier: Open-Weights Research & Commercial License. Full commercial ownership of generated outputs. Supported deployment channels include: Self-Hosted GPU (vLLM / Ollama), Private VPC, or Managed Serverless API.

How does Phi-4 Multimodal perform on coding and reasoning benchmarks?+

Phi-4 Multimodal achieves a composite Intelligence Index of 75/100, scoring N/A% on SWE-bench Verified, N/A% on GPQA Diamond, 71% on MMLU-Pro, and 1250 pts on Chatbot Arena Elo.

What is Phi-4 Multimodal best used for?+

Phi-4 Multimodal is best suited for: Conçu pour la compréhension multimodale native (texte, vision) et l’analyse de documents complexes, l’intégration RAG et les pipelines de production évolutifs.. Assessment: Alliant un indice d’intelligence de 75/100, un contexte de 128K et un débit de 160 tok/s, Phi-4 Multimodal s’impose comme une valeur sûre de la gamme Microsoft.

Microsoft Family Lineage, Routing Tiers & Upgrade Path

Step down to a lighter sibling for high-volume routing or step up to Microsoft's flagship reasoning tier:

Les scores de benchmarks, tarifs par token et limites évoluent rapidement. Vérifiez toujours les spécifications actuelles sur la documentation officielle du fournisseur.

Sources: Microsoft Research Phi-4 Multimodal Release↗