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Model comparison

Deepseek Coder v2 vs GPT-4.5

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Deepseek Coder v2 DeepSeek

35.9

Rank #220 Confirmed

GPT-4.5 OpenAI

37.2

Rank #208 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 2 categories and GPT-4.5 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where GPT-4.5 leads 56.9 to 38.2.
  • Deepseek Coder v2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Deepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index35.937.2
Released2024-06-172025-02-27
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2442

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4.5 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183), GPT-4.5: 42.2 (#109)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
LMArena Coding12511396
Aider Polyglot—44.9%
WeirdML—39.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct48.2%—
LiveBench Coding—75.2%
BigCodeBench Complete59.7%—
HumanEval+82.3%—
MBPP+75.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Deepseek Coder v2: —, GPT-4.5: 27.9 (#97)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
Cybench—17.5%

Reasoning Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176), GPT-4.5: 13.9 (#330)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
LMArena Hard Prompts12071403
ARC-AGI-2—0.8%
SimpleBench—34.5%
ARC-AGI-1—10.3%
EnigmaEval—3.2%
LiveBench Reasoning—71.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis—64.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—136.74
ForecastBench—61.7
LiveBench—69%
WinoGrande83.7%—

Math Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190), GPT-4.5: 32.6 (#211)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
LMArena Math12411412
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—37.8%
LiveBench Math—69.3%
MATH Level 5—78.6%
GSM8K94.5%—

Knowledge Too close to call

Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212), GPT-4.5: 32.5 (#211)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
LMArena Expert11811394
GPQA Diamond—68.7%
Humanity's Last Exam—5.4%
Confabulations—13.6%
ARC (AI2) Challenge64.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Deepseek Coder v2: —, GPT-4.5: 37.6 (#71)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
LMArena Vision—1195
VPCT—45%

Multilingual GPT-4.5 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240), GPT-4.5: 52.5 (#83)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
LMArena Non-English11821413
LMArena Chinese12011421
LMArena French11851418
LMArena German11641457
LMArena Japanese11261416
LMArena Korean11041392
LMArena Russian11881419
LMArena Spanish1153—

Instruction Following GPT-4.5 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242), GPT-4.5: 72.6 (#134)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
LMArena Instruction Following11801404
LiveBench Instruction Following—72.3%

Long Context GPT-4.5 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224), GPT-4.5: 40.4 (#155)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
LMArena Longer Query12191406
Fiction.LiveBench—63.9%

Writing & Preference GPT-4.5 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253), GPT-4.5: 56.9 (#134)

BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2GPT-4.5
LMArena Text11911417
LMArena Creative Writing11201394
LMArena Multi-Turn11771444
Short-Story Creative Writing—75.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1258
LiveBench Language—61.5%

Frequently asked questions

Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than GPT-4.5?

GPT-4.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.2 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Deepseek Coder v2 or GPT-4.5 better for coding?

GPT-4.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.2 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and GPT-4.5 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4.5 has 42.

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