Model Comparison

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

Comparing DeepSeek-V2.5 and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek-V2.5 and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

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-vision-instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

231.8B diff

DeepSeek-V2.5 has 231.8B more parameters than Phi-3.5-vision-instruct, making it 5519.0% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
236.0Bparameters
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct
4.2Bparameters
236.0B
DeepSeek-V2.5
4.2B
Phi-3.5-vision-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-vision-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas DeepSeek-V2.5 does not.

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

DeepSeek-V2.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek-V2.5 is licensed under deepseek, while Phi-3.5-vision-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-vision-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

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

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

DeepSeek-V2.5

May 8, 2024

2.0 years ago

Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.7 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

DeepSeek
Larger context window (8,192 tokens)
Microsoft
Supports multimodal inputs

Detailed Comparison

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Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V2.5
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek-V2.5 vs Phi-3.5-vision-instruct

DeepSeek-V2.5 (DeepSeek) and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct (Microsoft) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
DeepSeek-V2.5 scores GSM8k: 95.1%, MT-Bench: 90.2%, HumanEval: 89.0%, BBH: 84.3%, AlignBench: 80.4%. Phi-3.5-vision-instruct scores ScienceQA: 91.3%, POPE: 86.1%, MMBench: 81.9%, ChartQA: 81.8%, AI2D: 78.1%.
DeepSeek-V2.5 supports 8K tokens and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (deepseek vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
DeepSeek-V2.5 is developed by DeepSeek and Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is developed by Microsoft.