# DeepSeek-R1 vs Phi-4-reasoning

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

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

## Summary

- Phi-4-reasoning leads overall 49 to 41.19.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro in Knowledge, with scores of 84% and 74.3%.
- DeepSeek-R1 also has the larger context window at 128K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi-4-reasoning |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Microsoft |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 32K |
| Overall Score | 41.19 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.55 / $2.19 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

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

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi-4-reasoning | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 49.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 53.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 64.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 41.5 (Supported · #109/181)
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi-4-reasoning | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 90.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 71.5% | 65.8% | DeepSeek-R1 |
| MMLU-Pro | 84% | 74.3% | DeepSeek-R1 |
| SimpleQA | 30.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- DeepSeek-R1 public-lane score: 45.9 (#92/128)
- Phi-4-reasoning public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi-4-reasoning | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 83.3% | 83.4% | Phi-4-reasoning |

### Mathematics

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

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1 | Phi-4-reasoning | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 79.8% | 75.3% | DeepSeek-R1 |
| MATH-500 | 97.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Phi-4-reasoning is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

DeepSeek-R1 currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

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

## Related Comparisons

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

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