# DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Phi-4-reasoning-plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek-R1-0528 and Phi-4-reasoning-plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-phi-4-reasoning-plus
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek-R1-0528 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Phi-4-reasoning-plus only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- DeepSeek-R1-0528 leads overall 60 to 50.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench in Coding, with scores of 73.3% and 53.1%.
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 also has the larger context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-4-reasoning-plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 32K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 73.3% | 53.1% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| Codeforces | 1930.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 93.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 85% | 76% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| GPQA | 81% | 68.9% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| SimpleQA | 27.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 17.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1-0528 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Phi-4-reasoning-plus public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-0528 | Phi-4-reasoning-plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 91.4% | 81.3% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |
| AIME 2025 | 87.5% | 78% | DeepSeek-R1-0528 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, DeepSeek-R1-0528 or Phi-4-reasoning-plus?

DeepSeek-R1-0528 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does DeepSeek-R1-0528 cover on BenchLM?

DeepSeek-R1-0528 currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Phi-4-reasoning-plus cover on BenchLM?

Phi-4-reasoning-plus currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-deepseek-r1-0528)
- [Phi-4-reasoning-plus vs DeepSeek-R1](/compare/deepseek-r1-vs-phi-4-reasoning-plus)
- [DeepSeek-R1-0528 vs Phi-4-reasoning](/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-vs-phi-4-reasoning)
- [Phi-4-reasoning-plus vs Phi-4-reasoning](/compare/phi-4-reasoning-vs-phi-4-reasoning-plus)

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