Model comparison
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Granite 4.1 8b
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Granite 4.1 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 37.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and Granite 4.1 8b in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.1 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 37.4 |
| Released | 2024-09-06 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1192 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | 1293 |
Math Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1288 | 1312 |
Knowledge Granite 4.1 8b leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | 1309 |
Multilingual Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1261 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1318 | 1337 |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1289 | — |
| LMArena German | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | 1269 |
Long Context Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | 1275 |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Granite 4.1 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | 1290 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1251 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1268 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Granite 4.1 8b?
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Granite 4.1 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 37.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Granite 4.1 8b better for coding?
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Granite 4.1 8b share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.1 8b has 13.