# DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) vs Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct

> Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#303); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v2-vs-phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) 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-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) leads 39.8 to 28.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 48.9% for DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) and 29.6% for Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 29.1 |
| Rank | — | 303 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): 39.8 (#141)
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 28.3 (#307)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | 29.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.4% | 40.6% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1040 |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 18.7 (#254)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1028 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 78.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 124.78 | — |
| HellaSwag | 87.1% | — |
| PIQA | 83.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 86.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 29.2 (#220)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1089 |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 26.3 (#251)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 984 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 92.2% | — |
| MMLU | 78.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 80% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 25.4 (#280)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1000 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1016 |
| LMArena French | — | 1038 |
| LMArena German | — | 1006 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 899 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 856 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1004 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1058 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 52.1 (#289)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1023 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 30.3 (#284)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 996 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct: 27.3 (#296)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1050 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1024 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 989 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) better than Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct?

Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#303); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) or Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.8 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) has 10 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Mini 128k Instruct has 19.