Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads with 4.9% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B was created as a larger distilled variant, designed to transfer more of DeepSeek-R1's reasoning capabilities into a Qwen-based foundation. Built to serve applications requiring enhanced analytical depth, it represents a powerful option in the distilled reasoning model family.
Microsoft
Phi-4 Mini Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended thinking capabilities into the ultra-compact Phi-4 Mini architecture. Built to demonstrate that reasoning enhancements can be applied even to very small models, it brings analytical depth to resource-constrained environments.
3 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
2025-02-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
DeepInfra

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning