Model comparison

Deepseek Coder v2 vs Gemini 3.7 Flash

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Deepseek Coder v2 DeepSeek

35.9

Rank #220 Confirmed

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 3.7 Flash in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 23.6.
  • Deepseek Coder v2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Deepseek Coder v2 and Gemini 3.7 Flash specifications
Deepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index35.959.8
Released2024-06-172026-08-13
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.75
Output $ / M tokens—$3.75
Results tracked2444

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Coding12511497
DeepSWE—65.5%
FrontierCode—43.6%
LMArena WebDev—1592
FrontierSWE—20.3%
SciCode—59.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct48.2%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.7%—
ALE-Bench—904.3
HumanEval+82.3%—
MBPP+75.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Deepseek Coder v2: —, Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
APEX-Agents—67.8%
Remote Labor Index—5%
GDP.pdf—23.8%

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Hard Prompts12071494
ARC-AGI-2—84.6%
NYT Connections (extended)—94%
ARC-AGI-1—95.5%
CritPt—14.3%
Chess Puzzles—47%
Mystery Game Puzzles—37%
DTBench—96.8%
LMCA—50.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index—157.27
WinoGrande83.7%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Math12411507
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—71.6%
FrontierMath Tier 4—36.6%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—97.2%
ProofBench—58%
GSM8K94.5%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Expert11811508
GPQA Diamond—94.8%
SimpleQA Verified—69.2%
ARC (AI2) Challenge64.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Deepseek Coder v2: —, Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Vision—1316
Furniture Assembly—26.7%

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Non-English11821484
LMArena Chinese12011548
LMArena French11851505
LMArena German11641498
LMArena Japanese11261512
LMArena Korean11041483
LMArena Russian11881516
LMArena Spanish11531503

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Instruction Following11801483

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Longer Query12191492

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253), Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 3.7 Flash
LMArena Text11911486
LMArena Creative Writing11201490
LMArena Multi-Turn11771489
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1723

Frequently asked questions

Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Gemini 3.7 Flash?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Deepseek Coder v2 or Gemini 3.7 Flash better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Gemini 3.7 Flash share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44.

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