Model comparison

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.6

Rank #200 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 49.8 to 31.1.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekMicrosoft
Noometry Index37.629.3
Released2024-09-062024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2232

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding13091101
Aider Polyglot17.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%—
HumanEval+83.5%—
MBPP+74.1%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12891100
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math12881151
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert12661067
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English12731058
LMArena Chinese13181061
LMArena French12891135
LMArena German12581080
LMArena Japanese1228966
LMArena Korean1209894
LMArena Russian12891111
LMArena Spanish12481111

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following12801087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query13011088

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text12941110
LMArena Creative Writing12851083
LMArena Multi-Turn12971068
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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