Model comparison

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.6

Rank #200 Confirmed

GPT-4 Turbo OpenAI

30.5

Rank #292 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 7 categories and GPT-4 Turbo in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 35.9 to 9.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 53.2% for DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and 58.2% for GPT-4 Turbo.
  • 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 Turbo specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
ProviderDeepSeekOpenAI
Noometry Index37.630.5
Released2024-09-062023-11-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—128K
Max output—4K
Input $ / M tokens—$10
Output $ / M tokens—$30
Results tracked2236

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Category by category

Coding GPT-4 Turbo leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), GPT-4 Turbo: 33.8 (#249)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%48.2%
LMArena Coding13091268
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%58.2%
HumanEval+83.5%86.6%
MBPP+74.1%73.3%
Aider Polyglot17.8%—
WeirdML—18%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —, GPT-4 Turbo: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
METR Time Horizons—36.7%

Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), GPT-4 Turbo: 15.3 (#317)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
LMArena Hard Prompts12891251
SimpleBench—25.1%
Chess Puzzles—6%
DTBench—61.6%
LMCA—9.8%
Epoch Capabilities Index—127.25
ForecastBench—59.4

Math DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), GPT-4 Turbo: 9.0 (#322)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
LMArena Math12881272
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—0.7%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—6.7%
MATH Level 5—46.7%

Knowledge DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), GPT-4 Turbo: 24.3 (#268)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
LMArena Expert12661223
GPQA Diamond—46.6%
Confabulations—28.4%
MMLU—81.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —, GPT-4 Turbo: 30.6 (#110)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
LMArena Vision—1090

Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), GPT-4 Turbo: 40.5 (#216)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
LMArena Non-English12731245
LMArena Chinese13181242
LMArena French12891276
LMArena German12581259
LMArena Japanese12281194
LMArena Korean12091187
LMArena Russian12891259
LMArena Spanish12481260

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), GPT-4 Turbo: 65.8 (#216)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
LMArena Instruction Following12801249

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), GPT-4 Turbo: 38.0 (#206)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
LMArena Longer Query13011254

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), GPT-4 Turbo: 47.7 (#206)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)GPT-4 Turbo
LMArena Text12941272
LMArena Creative Writing12851269
LMArena Multi-Turn12971267

Frequently asked questions

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

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

GPT-4 Turbo scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

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

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and GPT-4 Turbo has 36.

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