Microsoft · deprecated

Phi-4-Mini

Phi-4-Mini is attributed to Microsoft in the catalog. It accepts text input and produces text output. Reported capabilities include tool calling.

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Modalities

Hosted provider token rates

$0.075 / $0.30

USD per 1M input / output tokens · Azure

Context

131K

Released

2024-12-01

Knowledge cutoff

Dec 2024

No recent lab-operated provider rate is available. Showing the third-party host with the lowest input rate + ¼ output rate. This is one offering, not an average; other providers, modalities, tiers, and fees may differ.

Where to use it

4 observed offerings · token prices in USD per million where available

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Azure Cognitive Services

phi-4-mini

current

Input

$0.075

Output

$0.30

Cache

—

Context

128K

Max output

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

Azure

phi-4-mini

current

Input

$0.075

Output

$0.30

Cache

—

Context

128K

Max output

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

Nvidia

microsoft/phi-4-mini-instruct

deprecated

Input

Output

Cache

—

Context

131K

Max output

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: Yes

Historical price

NanoGPT

phi-4-mini-instruct

current

Input

$0.17

Output

$0.68

Cache

$0.085

Context

128K

Max output

16K

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: No
Structured output: No
Temperature: Yes

Recent price

Limits and capabilities reflect each provider’s listed offering. Unknown means support was not reported.

Provider / API ID	Status	Context	Max output	Input	Output	Cache read	Reasoning	Tools	Structured	Temperature
Azure Cognitive Services phi-4-mini	currentRecent price	128K	4K	$0.075	$0.30	—	No	Yes	Unknown	Yes
Azure phi-4-mini	currentRecent price	128K	4K	$0.075	$0.30	—	No	Yes	Unknown	Yes
Nvidia microsoft/phi-4-mini-instruct	deprecatedHistorical price	131K	8K	$0	$0	—	No	Yes	Unknown	Yes
NanoGPT phi-4-mini-instruct	currentRecent price	128K	16K	$0.17	$0.68	$0.085	No	No	No	Yes

Capabilities and limits

Input: text
Output: text
Max output: 8K
Weights: Open (source-reported)
Release: 2024-12-01
Knowledge cutoff: Dec 2024
Family: phi

Tool calling

Provider-specific limits and support can differ.

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Model and price history

Latest recorded change: source refresh · 2026-10-12

Model changes (4)

source refresh · 2026-10-12

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source refresh · 2026-10-12

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source refresh · 2026-10-12

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source refresh · 2026-10-07

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Price history (121 observations)

Date	Provider	Input / output
2026-11-02	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-11-02	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-11-02	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-11-01	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-11-01	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-11-01	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-31	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-31	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-31	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-30	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-30	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-30	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-29	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-29	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-29	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-28	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-28	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-28	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-27	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-27	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-27	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-27	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-27	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-27	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-27	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-27	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-27	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-27	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-27	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-27	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-26	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-26	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-26	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-25	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-25	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-25	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-24	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-24	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-24	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-24	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-24	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-24	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-24	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-24	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-24	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-23	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-22	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-22	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-22	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-21	NanoGPT	$0.17 / $0.68
2026-10-21	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-21	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-21	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-20	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-20	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-20	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-19	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-19	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-19	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-18	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-18	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-18	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-17	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-17	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-17	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-12	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-12	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-12	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-12	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-12	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-12	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-11	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-11	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-11	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-10	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-10	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-10	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-09	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-09	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-09	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-09	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-09	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-09	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-08	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-08	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-08	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-10-07	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-07	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-10-07	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-09-22	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-22	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-22	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-09-21	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-21	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-21	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-09-20	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-20	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-20	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-09-19	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-19	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-19	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-09-18	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-18	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-18	Nvidia	$0 / $0
2026-09-17	Azure Cognitive Services	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-17	Azure	$0.075 / $0.30
2026-09-17	Nvidia	$0 / $0