Best Large Language Models for Azure AI Foundry

DeepSeek-R1 is a cutting-edge open-source reasoning model crafted by DeepSeek, designed to compete with leading models like OpenAI's o1. Available through web platforms, applications, and APIs, it excels in tackling complex challenges such as mathematics and programming. With outstanding performance on benchmarks like the AIME and MATH, DeepSeek-R1 leverages a mixture of experts (MoE) architecture, utilizing 671 billion total parameters while activating 37 billion parameters per token for exceptional efficiency and accuracy. This model exemplifies DeepSeek’s dedication to driving advancements in artificial general intelligence (AGI) through innovative and open source solutions.

Phi-4 is the latest small language model (SLM), with 14B parameters. It excels in complex reasoning, including math, as well as conventional language processing. Phi-4, the latest member of the Phi family of SLMs, demonstrates what is possible as we continue exploring the boundaries of SLMs. Phi-4 will be available in Hugging Face and Azure AI Foundry, under a Microsoft Research License Agreement. Phi-4 is superior to comparable and larger models in math-related reasoning thanks to improvements throughout the process, including the use high-quality synthetic data, curation of organic data of high quality, and innovations post-training. Phi-4 continues pushing the boundaries of size vs. quality.