Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct

Chat model by Microsoft.

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is Microsoft's 5.6-billion parameter multimodal model accepting text, vision, and audio inputs with a 128K context window for cross-modality comprehension.

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Models / Phi-4 Multimodal InstructID: azure_ai/Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Maker

Microsoft

Served On: Azure Foundry

Specifications

Context window, ranked against other chat models

Proportional scale: 0 to 1.05M tokens. Not ranked, no published context window: glm-5.3-prime, qwen3-235b-a22b-2507, qwen3.7-max-2026-05-17.

Context window

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Max output

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Modality

chat

Vision
Function calling
System prompt

Pricing

Rates are read live

Pricing for Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is fetched from the live catalogue on load, so it is never served from a cache that could outlive a repricing.

Availability

Not enough data yet

We have not collected enough health probes for this model to publish an uptime or latency figure. A percentage from a handful of samples is fabricated precision, so none is shown until the sample count supports one.

How Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct is billed

Billed at the provider's list price, with no per-token markup.

Exact list price
Tokens settle at the published rate of the model that served your call.
Cache discounts passed through
Provider prompt-caching discounts reach your balance with no added fee.
Cost on every response
Each response carries the x-nr-request-cost header, so you can reconcile spend per request.

More from Microsoft

Phi-4Phi-4-mini-instructPhi-4-reasoningPhi-4-mini-reasoning

Start building with Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

One API key, three steps. Choose your tool to begin.

  1. Get a key

    Create API key

  2. Set your API key

    export NROUTER_API_KEY="<YOUR_API_KEY>"

  3. Configure Claude Code

    Choose a tool, then copy its setup from the panel.

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
Claude Code · azure_ai/Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
# Point Claude Code to nRouter gateway
export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL="https://api.nrouter.ai"
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="$NROUTER_API_KEY"

# Launch with azure_ai/Phi-4-multimodal-instruct
claude --model azure_ai/Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Questions? Answers.

What is Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct?

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is Microsoft's 5.6-billion parameter multimodal model accepting text, vision, and audio inputs with a 128K context window for cross-modality comprehension.

How much does Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct cost?

Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct is billed at the provider's list price on nRouter with no per-token markup — tokens settle at the exact upstream rate. Input and output rates are read live, so see the pricing section above for the current figures.

Does Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct support tool calling and structured outputs?

Yes. Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct supports tool calling (function calling), so it can invoke external tools and APIs during a conversation.

What inputs and outputs does Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct support?

Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct takes text as input and returns text as output.

How do I use Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct via nRouter?

Use any OpenAI-compatible client: point it at https://api.nrouter.ai/v1 with your nRouter API key and set the model to "azure_ai/Phi-4-multimodal-instruct". The quick-start panel above has a copy-paste curl command for this model.

When was Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct released?

Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct was released on February 26, 2025.

Where is the Phi-4 Multimodal Instruct documentation?

Start at nrouter.ai/docs. The quick-start guide (nrouter.ai/docs/getting-started/quick-start) covers API keys and your first request, and the API reference (nrouter.ai/docs/api-reference) lists every parameter.

What other text models does Microsoft have?

Other Microsoft text models on nRouter include Phi 4 (nrouter.ai/models/phi-4), Phi 4 Mini Instruct (nrouter.ai/models/phi-4-mini-instruct), Phi 4 Reasoning (nrouter.ai/models/phi-4-reasoning), Phi 4 Mini Reasoning (nrouter.ai/models/phi-4-mini-reasoning).