Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Gemma 2B

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.3

Rank #78 Confirmed

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp 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-V3.2-Exp leads 62.4 to 24.0.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Gemma 2B specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 2B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index44.329.6
Released2025-09-292024-02-21
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.26—
Output $ / M tokens$0.38—
Results tracked4923

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 2B
LMArena Coding14541010
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
Aider Polyglot74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1362—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
SciCode38.9%—
WeirdML39.5%—
HumanEval+—20.7%
MBPP+—34.1%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), Gemma 2B: —

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

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.1 (#208), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 2B
LMArena Hard Prompts1434989
Epoch Capabilities Index146.2794.2
ARC-AGI-24%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
Thematic Generalization65%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA29.1%—
BIG-Bench Hard—35.2%
HellaSwag—71.4%
PIQA—77.3%
WinoGrande—65.4%

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 2B
LMArena Math14351009
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)22.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—
GSM8K—17.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.7 (#66), Gemma 2B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 2B
GPQA Diamond83.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%—
LMArena Expert1436—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—42.1%
BoolQ—69.4%
MMLU—42.3%
TriviaQA—53.2%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 2B
LMArena Non-English1409958
LMArena Chinese1461986
LMArena Russian1424937
LMArena French1433—
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1374—
LMArena Korean1371—
LMArena Spanish1440—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 2B
LMArena Instruction Following1413970

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 2B
LMArena Longer Query1428981
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.4 (#77), Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 2B
LMArena Text14251002
LMArena Creative Writing1403987
LMArena Multi-Turn1427945
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Gemma 2B?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.3 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

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

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.

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