Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus vs Gemma 2B

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus DeepSeek

43.1

Rank #97 Confirmed

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads 61.0 to 24.0.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus and Gemma 2B specifications
DeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusGemma 2B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index43.129.6
Released2025-09-222024-02-21
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output147K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.27—
Output $ / M tokens$1—
Results tracked1623

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 42.0 (#113), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusGemma 2B
LMArena Coding14261010
SciCode40.6%—
ALE-Bench745.17—
HumanEval+—20.7%
MBPP+—34.1%

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 26.4 (#133), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusGemma 2B
LMArena Hard Prompts1426989
Kagi LLM Benchmark57.4%—
CritPt1.7%—
DTBench81.3%—
LMCA28.6%—
BIG-Bench Hard—35.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index—94.2
HellaSwag—71.4%
PIQA—77.3%
WinoGrande—65.4%

Math DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 38.5 (#137), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusGemma 2B
LMArena Math14021009
GSM8K—17.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: —, Gemma 2B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusGemma 2B
ARC (AI2) Challenge—42.1%
BoolQ—69.4%
MMLU—42.3%
TriviaQA—53.2%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 52.1 (#92), Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusGemma 2B
LMArena Non-English1407958
LMArena Russian1436937
LMArena Chinese—986

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 74.0 (#106), Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusGemma 2B
LMArena Instruction Following1404970

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 43.4 (#97), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusGemma 2B
LMArena Longer Query1421981

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 61.0 (#92), Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.1-TerminusGemma 2B
LMArena Text14191002
LMArena Creative Writing1403987
LMArena Multi-Turn1411945

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus better than Gemma 2B?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus or Gemma 2B better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus and Gemma 2B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus has 16 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.

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