Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads with 27.9% higher average benchmark score. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is available on 2 providers. Overall, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp was introduced as an experimental release, designed to test new architectural innovations and training methodologies. Built to explore the boundaries of mixture-of-experts design, it serves as a research preview for techniques that may be incorporated into future stable releases.
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.
5 months newer

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

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

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Novita
ZeroEval

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Phi 4 Mini Reasoning