Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads with 17.9% 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 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.
5 months newer

Phi 4 Reasoning
Microsoft
2025-04-30

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

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

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp
Novita
ZeroEval

Phi 4 Reasoning

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Phi 4 Reasoning

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp

Phi 4 Reasoning