# DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Phi-4 Mini

> DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v2-5-vs-phi-4-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 34.8 to 25.3.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 30.9 |
| Rank | 200 | 283 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.075 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281)
- Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| SciCode | — | 10.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145)
- Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177)
- Phi-4 Mini: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1288 | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193)
- Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193)
- Phi-4 Mini: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1318 | — |
| LMArena French | 1289 | — |
| LMArena German | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194)
- Phi-4 Mini: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | — |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174)
- Phi-4 Mini: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187)
- Phi-4 Mini: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | — |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Phi-4 Mini?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Phi-4 Mini share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.