Model comparison

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs GPT-4

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.6

Rank #200 Confirmed

GPT-4 OpenAI

29.1

Rank #316 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 8 categories and GPT-4 in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 35.9 to 10.8.
  • DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and GPT-4 specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index37.629.1
Released2024-09-062023-03-14
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—8K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$30
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked2238

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), GPT-4: 31.6 (#283)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%46%
LMArena Coding13091254
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%57.2%
HumanEval+83.5%79.3%
Aider Polyglot17.8%—
WeirdML—12.4%
MBPP+74.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —, GPT-4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
METR Time Horizons—36.1%

Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), GPT-4: 17.8 (#289)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
LMArena Hard Prompts12891241
Chess Puzzles—4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—12%
DTBench—62.7%
LMCA—17.1%
BIG-Bench Hard—75.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—125.89
ForecastBench—57.8
HellaSwag—95.3%
WinoGrande—87.5%

Math DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), GPT-4: 10.8 (#309)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
LMArena Math12881269
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—1.1%
MATH Level 5—23%
GSM8K—92%

Knowledge DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), GPT-4: 18.4 (#282)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
LMArena Expert12661211
GPQA Diamond—35.7%
MMLU—86.4%
TriviaQA—84.8%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), GPT-4: 40.6 (#215)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
LMArena Non-English12731246
LMArena Chinese13181242
LMArena French12891283
LMArena German12581251
LMArena Japanese12281209
LMArena Korean12091184
LMArena Russian12891251
LMArena Spanish12481261

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), GPT-4: 65.3 (#222)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
LMArena Instruction Following12801241

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), GPT-4: 37.7 (#212)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
LMArena Longer Query13011244

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), GPT-4: 34.9 (#268)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4
LMArena Text12941263
LMArena Creative Writing12851244
LMArena Multi-Turn12971257
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—752

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than GPT-4?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or GPT-4 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (31.7 vs 31.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and GPT-4 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4 has 38.

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