# DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Phi-3.5-mini

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Phi-3.5-mini across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-phi-3-5-mini
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Phi-3.5-mini share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-3.5-mini |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Codeforces | 1930.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HumanEval | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BBH | Coming soon | 69% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 47.4% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| GPQA | 81% | 30.4% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| SimpleQA | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | Coming soon | 69% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 55.4% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MGSM | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-3.5-mini public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-3.5-mini | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GSM8K | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Phi-3.5-mini?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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