DeepSeek-V2.5 vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Comparing DeepSeek-V2.5 by DeepSeek and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct by Microsoft across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

DeepSeek-V2.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

DeepSeek-V2.5 outperforms in 5 benchmarks (Arena Hard, GSM8k, HumanEval, MATH, MMLU), while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
Input tokens$0.14
Output tokens$0.28
Best providerDeepSeek
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

176.0B diff

DeepSeek-V2.5 has 176.0B more parameters than Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct, making it 293.3% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
236.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
60.0Bparameters
236.0B
DeepSeek-V2.5
60.0B
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek-V2.5 specifies input context (8,192 tokens). Only DeepSeek-V2.5 specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
Input8,192 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek-V2.5 is licensed under deepseek, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct uses MIT.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek-V2.5

deepseek

Open weights

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek-V2.5 was released on 2024-05-08, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is 4 months newer than DeepSeek-V2.5.

DeepSeek-V2.5

May 8, 2024

1.9 years ago

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (8,192 tokens)
Higher Arena Hard score (76.2% vs 37.9%)
Higher GSM8k score (95.1% vs 88.7%)
Higher HumanEval score (89.0% vs 70.7%)
Higher MATH score (74.7% vs 59.5%)
Higher MMLU score (80.4% vs 78.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct