Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B DeepSeek

35.5

Rank #226 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

33.0

Rank #250 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B leads 49.6 to 34.1.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekMicrosoft
Noometry Index35.533.0
Released2025-01-20—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked1417

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 36.1 (#212), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.9 (#268)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct43.9%—
LiveBench Coding33.7%—
LMArena Coding—1130
BigCodeBench Complete54.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 28.1 (#94), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
BALROG19.5%—

Reasoning Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 18.2 (#284), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 21.7 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
Chess Puzzles1%—
LiveBench Reasoning52.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1127
LiveBench Data Analysis45.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index137.44—
LiveBench45.5%—

Math DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 34.5 (#194), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.4 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%—
LiveBench Math59.4%—
LMArena Math—1173

Knowledge DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 35.7 (#182), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.2 (#229)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
GPQA Diamond64.1%—
LMArena Expert—1108

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.6 (#263)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English—1094
LMArena Chinese—1108
LMArena French—1110
LMArena German—1101
LMArena Japanese—1042
LMArena Korean—954
LMArena Russian—1145
LMArena Spanish—1095

Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 61.6 (#243), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.6 (#268)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LiveBench Instruction Following55.7%—
LMArena Instruction Following—1113

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: —, Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.0 (#255)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query—1120

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 49.6 (#188), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.1 (#272)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text—1138
LMArena Creative Writing—1107
LMArena Multi-Turn—1088
LiveBench Language26.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 33.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.1 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has 14 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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