Model comparison
DeepSeek-V3 vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 30 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
MicrosoftSummary
- They share 30 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3 scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3 leads 57.4 to 31.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LiveBench Math: 73.5% for DeepSeek-V3 and 17.6% for Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 39.5 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-26 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 164K | — |
| Max output | 164K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.24 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | — |
| Results tracked | 60 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V3 leads
DeepSeek-V3: 42.3 (#106), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Coding | 70.9% | 20.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1368 | 1101 |
| Aider Polyglot | 55.1% | — |
| SciCode | 35.8% | — |
| WeirdML | 36.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 50% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 62.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 86.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 73% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek-V3: —, Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| METR Time Horizons | 49.6% | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek-V3 leads
DeepSeek-V3: 20.5 (#236), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 65.8% | 15.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1365 | 1100 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 60.9% | 30.3% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 87.5% | 79.1% |
| HellaSwag | 88.9% | 77% |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | 24% |
| WinoGrande | 85.2% | 81.5% |
| SimpleBench | 27.2% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 52.3% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 64.8% | — |
| LMCA | 15.5% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.94 | — |
| ForecastBench | 59.1 | — |
| PIQA | 84.7% | — |
Math DeepSeek-V3 leads
DeepSeek-V3: 32.1 (#219), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 73.5% | 17.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1373 | 1151 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 37.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 40.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 75.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge DeepSeek-V3 leads
DeepSeek-V3: 37.5 (#155), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1351 | 1067 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 95.3% | 90.7% |
| MMLU | 87.2% | 75.7% |
| TriviaQA | 82.9% | 58.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | 67.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 72.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 26.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 53.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
Multilingual DeepSeek-V3 leads
DeepSeek-V3: 48.5 (#143), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1358 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1391 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1385 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1374 | 1080 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1333 | 966 |
| LMArena Korean | 1319 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1358 | 1111 |
Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3 leads
DeepSeek-V3: 72.8 (#130), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 81.5% | 47.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1345 | 1087 |
| IFEval | 83.2% | — |
Long Context DeepSeek-V3 leads
DeepSeek-V3: 34.0 (#253), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1352 | 1088 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 50% | — |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3 leads
DeepSeek-V3: 57.4 (#130), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V3 | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1375 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1364 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1389 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | 49.1% | 12.9% |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 77% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1472 | — |
| WildBench | 83% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V3 better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is DeepSeek-V3 or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
DeepSeek-V3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3 and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
30 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3 has 60 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.