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DeepSeek V3.2 vs Phi 4

Updated October 21, 2026. 39 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace DeepSeek V3.2 Replace Phi 4
DeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek
Coding
30.0
Overall
21.5
Output $/M
$0.88
39
Phi 4Microsoft
Coding
No data
Overall
5.9
Output $/M
$0.14
0
vs boards won of 39 shared

Decision reading

Only DeepSeek V3.2 has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Phi 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Phi 4 has the edge where output tokens cost 6.3x less.

Model ADeepSeek V3.2DeepSeek30.0/1003 independent benchmarks$0.99 per solved taskModel BPhi 4MicrosoftNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
39
DeepSeek V3.2 only
36
Phi 4 only
6
Like-for-like categories
7 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
DeepSeek V3.2 30.0 from 3 benchmarks, Phi 4 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 90.6 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: DeepSeek V3.2 90.6% against Phi 4 0.0%, 90.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
DeepSeek V3.2 $0.88 against Phi 4 $0.14 per million output tokens, 6.3x apart.
Context window
DeepSeek V3.2 takes 164K tokens, Phi 4 16K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryDeepSeek V3.2BarsPhi 4Ties
Coding40
Intelligence20
Agentic work10
Reasoning50
Math40
Knowledge50
General180
All shared boards390
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
Coding benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Phi 4Leader
SWE-bench Verified70.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
SWE-bench Multilingual59.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena WebDev1362Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
AA Coding Index44.2Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)80.7%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)67.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)5.1%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)86.2%23.1%DeepSeek V3.2
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)35.6%3.8%DeepSeek V3.2
Terminal-Bench39.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text: coding14531231DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: software and IT14491228DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena WebDev: React1350Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML1371Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Phi 4Leader
AA Intelligence Index21.55.9DeepSeek V3.2
Epoch Capabilities Index146.1130.5DeepSeek V3.2
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Phi 4Leader
τ²-Bench Telecom90.6%0.0%DeepSeek V3.2
APEX-Agents21.3%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
BALROGNot measured11.6%Only Phi 4 measured
Vending-Bench 2$1,034Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Phi 4Leader
GPQA Diamond80.3%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)84.0%57.5%DeepSeek V3.2
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)24.6%3.8%DeepSeek V3.2
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured56.1%Only Phi 4 measured
ARC-AGI57.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
ARC-AGI-24.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14341220DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: expert14361203DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14461230DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Phi 4Leader
AIME84.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)86.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
AA Math Index92.018.0DeepSeek V3.2
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)92.0%18.0%DeepSeek V3.2
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured13.8%Only Phi 4 measured
MATH level 5Not measured64.9%Only Phi 4 measured
LMArena Text: math14351246DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: mathematical work14401254DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Knowledge benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Phi 4Leader
MMLU Pro84.9%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)76.1%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)55.4%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)51.0%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)68.2%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)93.9%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)86.2%71.4%DeepSeek V3.2
MMLUNot measured84.8%Only Phi 4 measured
LMArena Text: science14461206DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14401202DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: legal and government14251241DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: business and finance14101199DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Phi 4Leader
Design Arena: websites1175Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: UI components1149Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: game dev1131Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: data viz1158Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: 3D1133Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1164Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: SVG1032Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art1082Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index180
General benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Phi 4Leader
IFBench60.7%23.5%DeepSeek V3.2
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)73.3%0.0%DeepSeek V3.2
DTBench85.6%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMCA28.8%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured62.6%Only Phi 4 measured
CL-bench12.4%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
CL-bench Life7.4%Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text14251217DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: instruction following14131201DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: creative writing14001181DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: English14391231DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: non-English14091197DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Chinese14551212DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: German14131222DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Japanese13741158DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Korean13701151DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: French14291224DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Spanish14241234DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Russian14241209DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: Polish1419Not measuredOnly DeepSeek V3.2 measured
LMArena Text: multi-turn14271206DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: longer queries14281217DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: writing and language14071198DeepSeek V3.2
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13951162DeepSeek V3.2
Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.2Phi 4Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

DeepSeek V3.2$0.0007Fits in one request
Phi 4$0.0001Fits in one request

Phi 4 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

DeepSeek V3.2$0.017Fits in one request
Phi 4$0.0039Exceeds the context window

Phi 4 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

DeepSeek V3.2$0.067Exceeds the context window
Phi 4$0.015Exceeds the context window

Phi 4 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of DeepSeek V3.2 and Phi 4
SpecificationDeepSeek V3.2Microsoft Phi 4
MakerDeepSeekMicrosoft
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedDecember 1, 2025January 10, 2025
Context window164K16K
Input $/Mtok$0.29$0.07
Output $/Mtok$0.88$0.14
Coding index30.0Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it30
Cost per solved task$0.99Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is DeepSeek V3.2 better than Phi 4 for coding?

Only DeepSeek V3.2 has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Phi 4 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Phi 4 has the edge where output tokens cost 6.3x less.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or Phi 4?

DeepSeek V3.2 costs $0.29 per million input tokens and $0.88 per million output tokens; Phi 4 costs $0.07 and $0.14. Cost per solved task is known for DeepSeek V3.2 only.

Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V3.2 or Phi 4?

DeepSeek V3.2, with 164K tokens against 16K.

How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3.2 vs Phi 4 comparison based on?

39 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. DeepSeek V3.2's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Phi 4's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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