Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct Microsoft

29.7

Rank #305 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B scores higher in 6 categories and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads 49.0 to 27.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 49.9% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and 40.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekMicrosoft
Noometry Index37.829.7
Released2025-01-202024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1319

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.8 (#202), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct35.3%29.6%
BigCodeBench Complete49.9%40.6%
LiveBench Coding51.6%—
LMArena Coding—1039

Reasoning DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 24.9 (#156), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning67.6%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1028
LiveBench Data Analysis55.9%—
LiveBench54.5%—

Math DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 36.0 (#176), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202551.4%—
LiveBench Math58.1%—
LMArena Math—1089
MATH Level 589.9%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 30.7 (#225), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
GPQA Diamond55.7%—
LMArena Expert—984

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1000
LMArena Chinese—1016
LMArena French—1039
LMArena German—1006
LMArena Japanese—899
LMArena Korean—856
LMArena Russian—1004
LMArena Spanish—1059

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 68.2 (#190), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following69.9%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1023

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: —, Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—996

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B: 49.0 (#194), Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70BPhi 3 Mini 128k Instruct
LMArena Text—1050
LMArena Creative Writing—1024
LMArena Multi-Turn—989
LiveBench Language23.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.8 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B has 13 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.

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