Model comparison
DeepSeek-R1 vs Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024
DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1 scores higher in 7 categories and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-R1 leads 61.4 to 29.6.
- Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 42.3 | 31.3 |
| Released | 2025-01-20 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 164K | — |
| Max output | 64K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 52 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 46.3 (#68), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.8 (#279)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1427 | 1093 |
| Aider Polyglot | 71.4% | — |
| SciCode | 35.7% | — |
| WeirdML | 41.6% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 66.7% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 804.12 | — |
| AlgoTune | 1.7 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1: 30.7 (#75), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 35.1% | — |
| BALROG | 34.9% | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 53.8% | — |
Reasoning Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 18.6 (#278), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 20.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1416 | 1087 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | — |
| SimpleBench | 40.8% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 69.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 21.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 83.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.29 | — |
| ForecastBench | 60 | — |
| LiveBench | 71.6% | — |
Math DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 43.8 (#79), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1400 | 1152 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 66.4% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 42.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 80.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 96.6% | — |
Knowledge DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 44.5 (#87), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 28.6 (#244)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1394 | 1051 |
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 11.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 66.6% | — |
Multilingual DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 52.4 (#85), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 25.9 (#282)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1013 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | 1033 |
| LMArena German | 1404 | 1031 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1391 | 954 |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | 880 |
| LMArena Russian | 1423 | 1019 |
| LMArena French | 1417 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1411 | — |
Instruction Following DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 72.0 (#143), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 54.1 (#282)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1382 | 1058 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 80.5% | — |
| IFEval | 78.4% | — |
Long Context DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 45.4 (#36), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 31.7 (#277)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1391 | 1042 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 75% | — |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-R1 leads
DeepSeek-R1: 61.4 (#88), Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024: 29.6 (#294)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1405 | 1045 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1405 | 1049 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 83% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1500 | — |
| WildBench | 82.8% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 48.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-R1 better than Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024?
DeepSeek-R1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 31.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is DeepSeek-R1 or Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 better for coding?
DeepSeek-R1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.3 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1 and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1 has 52 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 4k Instruct June 2024 has 15.