Model comparison
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) vs Granite 4.2 3b
Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSide by side
| DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 39.0 |
| Released | 2024-05-07 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): 39.8 (#141), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1363 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.4% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1308 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 78.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 124.78 | — |
| HellaSwag | 87.1% | — |
| PIQA | 83.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 86.3% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1313 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 92.2% | — |
| MMLU | 78.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 80% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1249 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1271 |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1293 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —, Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1295 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1215 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1293 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) better than Granite 4.2 3b?
Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.8 vs 39.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) and Granite 4.2 3b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) has 10 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.