Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1 is a language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 74.1% across 20 benchmarks. It excels particularly in MATH-500 (97.3%), MMLU-Redux (92.9%), CLUEWSC (92.8%). It supports a 262K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 4 API providers. Released in 2025, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.

Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct is a multimodal language model developed by Microsoft. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 72.0% across 15 benchmarks. It excels particularly in ScienceQA Visual (97.5%), DocVQA (93.2%), MMBench (86.7%). The model shows particular specialization in general tasks with an average performance of 75.8%. It supports a 256K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Microsoft's latest advancement in AI technology.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

DeepSeek

2025-01-20

Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Microsoft

2025-02-01

12 days newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Input:$0.55
Output:$2.19
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

$2.59 cheaper
Input:$0.05
Output:$0.10

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Larger context
Max Context:262.1K
Parameters:671.0B
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Max Context:256.0K
Parameters:5.6B

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

math
+34.9%
97.3%
general
75.3%
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

math
62.4%
general
+0.5%
75.8%
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

2024-06-01

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

4 providers

Together

Throughput: 4 tok/s
Latency: 0.6ms

DeepInfra

Throughput: 0.9 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

Fireworks

Throughput: 2.1 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms

DeepSeek

Throughput: 9 tok/s
Latency: 0.3ms
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

1 providers

DeepInfra

Throughput: 25 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
DeepSeek

DeepSeek-R1

Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:4
Microsoft

Phi-4-multimodal-instruct

Avg Score:0.0%
Providers:1