# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs phi-3-medium 14B

> phi-3-medium 14B has enough public results to be ranked (#306); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-1-3b-vs-phi-3-medium-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 6

## Summary

- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 0 categories and phi-3-medium 14B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where phi-3-medium 14B leads 36.8 to 31.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 29.6% for DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and 48.7% for phi-3-medium 14B.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 29.7 |
| Rank | — | 306 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)
- phi-3-medium 14B: 36.8 (#201)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | 37.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | 48.7% |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- phi-3-medium 14B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 63.6 | 121.23 |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | 81.5% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 55.8% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 81.4% |
| HellaSwag | — | 82.4% |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- phi-3-medium 14B: 27.3 (#250)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | — | 17.6% |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- phi-3-medium 14B: 9.1 (#306)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | phi-3-medium 14B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | 91.6% |
| MMLU | 25.8% | 78% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 87.4% |
| TriviaQA | — | 73.9% |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than phi-3-medium 14B?

phi-3-medium 14B has enough public results to be ranked (#306); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or phi-3-medium 14B better for coding?

phi-3-medium 14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.8 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and phi-3-medium 14B share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and phi-3-medium 14B has 13.