# DeepSeek Coder 33B vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

> Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#305); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-33b-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 33B scores higher in 1 category and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek Coder 33B leads 38.0 to 28.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 42% for DeepSeek Coder 33B and 29.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 38.9 | 29.7 |
| Rank | — | 305 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: 38.0 (#184)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.8 (#312)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42% | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 51.1% | 40.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1039 |
| HumanEval+ | 75% | — |
| MBPP+ | 70.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 19.6 (#256)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1028 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 96.32 | — |
| WinoGrande | 62% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 31.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1089 |
| GSM8K | 35.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 984 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.2% | — |
| MMLU | 39.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.2 (#285)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1016 |
| LMArena French | — | 1039 |
| LMArena German | — | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1059 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 51.8 (#294)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1023 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.4 (#289)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 996 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.1 (#301)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 989 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#305); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek Coder 33B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.0 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 33B and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 33B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.