Phi-4 vs DeepSeek V4-Pro · Pyyan

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Phi-4 vs DeepSeek V4-Pro

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Open-Weight Models · verified 13 Aug 2026

Phi-4Microsoftcurrent

DeepSeek V4-ProDeepSeekcurrent

Specification	Phi-4	DeepSeek V4-Pro
Summary	Best small model — fits a 12GB GPU.	Best all-round open model of 2026.
Licence	MIT	MIT
Parameters	14B	—
Category	Open-Weight Models	Open-Weight Models
Official	Microsoft ↗	DeepSeek ↗

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Phi-4

Beats GPT-4o on mathematics
Phi-4-mini runs in ~3GB at Q4

Best for local use.

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DeepSeek V4-Pro

Tops open leaderboards on agentic coding and reasoning
MIT licence — no conditions
Pioneered aggressive cache-hit pricing at ~$0.07/M

Best for everything open.

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