Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.2

Rank #28 Confirmed

Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct Microsoft

32.4

Rank #246 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.4 to 20.8.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekMicrosoft
Noometry Index54.232.4
Released2026-04-24—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.43—
Output $ / M tokens$0.87—
Results tracked4817

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.2 (#31), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 32.3 (#263)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Coding14701130
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.7 (#54), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.4 (#22), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 20.8 (#214)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14611127
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
Epoch Capabilities Index155.39—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.6 (#24), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.9 (#202)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Math14551173
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%—
ProofBench50%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#28), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 29.6 (#226)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Expert14631108
GPQA Diamond91.7%—
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.5 (#44), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 30.8 (#258)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14381094
LMArena Chinese14861108
LMArena French14731109
LMArena German14581101
LMArena Japanese14481042
LMArena Korean1452954
LMArena Russian14521145
LMArena Spanish14571095

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.3 (#44), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 57.8 (#263)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14481114

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#49), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 33.9 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14591120
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.6 (#45), Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct: 34.3 (#267)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Medium 4k Instruct
LMArena Text14511138
LMArena Creative Writing14461106
LMArena Multi-Turn14671088
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Medium 4k Instruct has 17.

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