Model comparison

Deepseek Coder v2 vs DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Deepseek Coder v2 DeepSeek

35.9

Rank #220 Confirmed

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.6

Rank #200 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 1 category and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 49.8 to 38.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 59.7% for Deepseek Coder v2 and 53.2% for DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024).

Side by side

Deepseek Coder v2 and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) specifications
Deepseek Coder v2DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
ProviderDeepSeekDeepSeek
Noometry Index35.937.6
Released2024-06-172024-09-06
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2422

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Category by category

Coding Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
BigCodeBench Instruct48.2%48.6%
LMArena Coding12511309
BigCodeBench Complete59.7%53.2%
HumanEval+82.3%83.5%
MBPP+75.1%74.1%
Aider Polyglot—17.8%

Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts12071289
WinoGrande83.7%—

Math DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
LMArena Math12411288
GSM8K94.5%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
LMArena Expert11811266
ARC (AI2) Challenge64.3%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
LMArena Non-English11821273
LMArena Chinese12011318
LMArena French11851289
LMArena German11641258
LMArena Japanese11261228
LMArena Korean11041209
LMArena Russian11881289
LMArena Spanish11531248

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following11801280

Long Context DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
LMArena Longer Query12191301

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253), DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)
LMArena Text11911294
LMArena Creative Writing11201285
LMArena Multi-Turn11771297

Frequently asked questions

Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Deepseek Coder v2 or DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better for coding?

Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22.

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