Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3 leads with 1.3% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 was introduced as a major architectural advancement, developed with 671B mixture-of-experts parameters and trained on 14.8 trillion tokens. Built to be three times faster than V2 while maintaining open-source availability, it demonstrates competitive performance against frontier closed-source models and represents a significant leap in efficient large-scale model design.
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.
4 months newer

DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek
2024-12-25

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

DeepSeek-V3

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

DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

DeepSeek-V3

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

DeepSeek-V3

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning