Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Phi 4 Reasoning leads with 10.9% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Phi 4 Reasoning is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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 Reasoning was developed to incorporate extended analytical thinking into the Phi-4 architecture, designed to spend more time on complex problem-solving. Built to combine compact model efficiency with reasoning depth, it represents Microsoft's exploration of thoughtful small models.
4 months newer

DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek
2024-12-25

Phi 4 Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3

Phi 4 Reasoning
Phi 4 Reasoning
2025-03-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek

Phi 4 Reasoning

DeepSeek-V3

Phi 4 Reasoning

DeepSeek-V3

Phi 4 Reasoning