Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct Microsoft

29.3

Rank #314 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro 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 reasoning, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 56.5 to 14.8.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekMicrosoft
Noometry Index54.329.3
Released2026-04-242024-04-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked4832

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Coding14701101
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
LiveBench Coding—20.3%
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14611100
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LiveBench Reasoning—15.9%
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
DTBench93.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—30.3%
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
Adversarial NLI—58.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—79.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31—
ForecastBench56.1—
HellaSwag—77%
LiveBench—24%
WinoGrande—81.5%

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Math14551151
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%—
ProofBench50%—
LiveBench Math—17.6%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Expert14641067
GPQA Diamond91.7%—
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—90.7%
MMLU—75.7%
OpenBookQA—88%
TriviaQA—58.1%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Non-English14391058
LMArena Chinese14861061
LMArena French14721135
LMArena German14581080
LMArena Japanese1445966
LMArena Korean1447894
LMArena Russian14531111
LMArena Spanish14581111

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14481087
LiveBench Instruction Following—47.2%

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14581088
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProPhi 3 Small 8k Instruct
LMArena Text14511110
LMArena Creative Writing14461083
LMArena Multi-Turn14671068
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—
LiveBench Language—12.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.

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