Battle of the Models

Compare specific LLM models, context windows, and capabilities.

Phi-3 Mini 4K Instruct

Glhf.chat

Intelligence Score 76/100

Model Popularity 0 votes

Context Window 4K

Pricing Model Free / Open

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A-TIER

DeepSeek

Intelligence Score 80/100

Context Window 128K

Pricing Model Commercial / Paid

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FINAL VERDICT

With an intelligence score of 80/100 vs 76/100, DeepSeek-V4 Pro outperforms Phi-3 Mini 4K Instruct by 4 points.

Close Match: The difference is minimal. Consider other factors like pricing and features.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Feature	Phi-3 Mini 4K Instruct	DeepSeek-V4 Pro
Context Window	4K	128K
Architecture	Transformer	Dense Transformer
Est. MMLU Score	~70-74%	~75-79%
Release Date	2024	2024
Pricing Model	Free Tier	Paid / Commercial
Rate Limit (RPM)	30 RPM	60 RPM
Daily Limit	Generous for personal use	Credit-based
Capabilities	No specific data	No specific data
Performance Tier	B-Tier (Strong)	B-Tier (Strong)
Speed Estimate	⚡ Very Fast	Medium
Primary Use Case	⚡ Fast Chat & Apps	General Purpose
Model Size	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
Limitations	Rate limits on free tier Model availability may vary Smaller selection than aggregators	10M tokens is one-time only API can be slow during peak hours (Chinese business hours) Rate limiting during high demand periods
Key Strengths	Fully serverless (no infrastructure to manage) OpenAI-compatible API format HuggingFace model IDs supported	DeepSeek-R1: OpenAI o1-level reasoning (open-source) Mixture-of-Experts architecture for efficiency OpenAI-compatible API (drop-in replacement)