Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Gemini 2.0 Pro

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.3

Rank #78 Confirmed

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 5 categories and Gemini 2.0 Pro in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in long context, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 47.6 to 29.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Fiction.LiveBench: 83.3% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and 41.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Gemini 2.0 Pro specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index44.339.1
Released2025-09-292025-02-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window164K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.26—
Output $ / M tokens$0.38—
Results tracked4914

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
Aider Polyglot74.2%35.6%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
LMArena WebDev1362—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
SciCode38.9%—
WeirdML39.5%—
LiveBench Coding—63.5%
LMArena Coding1454—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
Terminal-Bench39.6%—
APEX-Agents21.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.7%—
TheAgentCompany42.9%—
Vending-Bench 21,034—

Reasoning Too close to call

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.1 (#208), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
Epoch Capabilities Index146.27135.06
ARC-AGI-24%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
EnigmaEval—0.7%
Thematic Generalization65%—
LiveBench Reasoning—60.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1434—
DTBench87.7%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—68%
LMCA29.1%—
LiveBench—65.1%

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench8%—
LiveBench Math—71%
LMArena Math1435—
MATH Level 5—83.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)22.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.7 (#66), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
GPQA Diamond83.4%65.7%
Confabulations—18.4%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%—
LMArena Expert1436—

Multilingual Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Non-English1409—
LMArena Chinese1461—
LMArena French1433—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1374—
LMArena Korean1371—
LMArena Russian1424—
LMArena Spanish1440—

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
LiveBench Instruction Following—83.4%
LMArena Instruction Following1413—

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%41.7%
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—
LMArena Longer Query1428—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.4 (#77), Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemini 2.0 Pro
LMArena Text1425—
LMArena Creative Writing1403—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—
LMArena Multi-Turn1427—
LiveBench Language—44.9%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Gemini 2.0 Pro?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Gemini 2.0 Pro better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.5 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Gemini 2.0 Pro share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14.

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