Model comparison

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Llama 2-7B

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

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.6

Rank #200 Confirmed

Llama 2-7B Meta

29.1

Rank #317 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 8 categories and Llama 2-7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 49.8 to 28.0.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Llama 2-7B specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
ProviderDeepSeekMeta
Noometry Index37.629.1
Released2024-09-062023-07-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2229

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
LMArena Coding13091002
Aider Polyglot17.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%—
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%—
HumanEval+83.5%—
MBPP+74.1%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
LMArena Hard Prompts12891009
Chess Puzzles—0%
BIG-Bench Hard—39.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—99.06
HellaSwag—77.2%
LAMBADA—73.3%
PIQA—78.8%
WinoGrande—69.2%

Math DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
LMArena Math12881042
GSM8K—16.7%

Knowledge DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
LMArena Expert12661036
ARC (AI2) Challenge—45.9%
BoolQ—77.9%
MMLU—45.8%
OpenBookQA—58.6%
TriviaQA—73.7%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —, Llama 2-7B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
ScienceQA—43.1%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
LMArena Non-English1273973
LMArena Chinese1318973
LMArena French1289970
LMArena German1258978
LMArena Russian1289995
LMArena Spanish12481007
LMArena Japanese1228—
LMArena Korean1209—

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
LMArena Instruction Following12801006

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
LMArena Longer Query1301999

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Llama 2-7B
LMArena Text12941053
LMArena Creative Writing12851033
LMArena Multi-Turn12971029

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Llama 2-7B?

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 Llama 2-7B better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Llama 2-7B share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Llama 2-7B has 29.

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