Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs Gemma 4 31B IT

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Gemma 4 31B IT score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.3 vs 43.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 29 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.3

Rank #78 Confirmed

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 29 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 4 categories and Gemma 4 31B IT in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 51.7 to 37.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 36.7% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and 70.6% for Gemma 4 31B IT.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.26 / $0.38 for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 164K.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Gemma 4 31B IT specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index44.343.5
Released2025-09-292026-04-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K262K
Max output66K33K
Input $ / M tokens$0.26$0.09
Output $ / M tokens$0.38$0.34
Results tracked4935

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena WebDev13621366
SciCode38.9%43.4%
WeirdML39.5%52.3%
LMArena Coding14541459
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
Aider Polyglot74.2%—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
ALE-Bench—925.5

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), Gemma 4 31B IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
Terminal-Bench39.6%—
APEX-Agents21.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.7%—
TheAgentCompany42.9%—
Vending-Bench 21,034—

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.1 (#208), Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%63.5%
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%70.6%
CritPt2.9%1.4%
Chess Puzzles14%5%
Thematic Generalization65%53%
LMArena Hard Prompts14341448
DTBench87.7%82.7%
LMCA29.1%39.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index146.27142.74
ARC-AGI-24%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
Surface Evolver Bench—30.6%

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%73.3%
LMArena Math14351465
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
ProofBench8%—
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), Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
GPQA Diamond83.4%75.8%
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%7.4%
LMArena Expert14361465
SimpleQA Verified—10.4%

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Vision—1277
LMArena Document—1425

Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Non-English14091431
LMArena Chinese14611476
LMArena French14331435
LMArena Russian14241460
LMArena Spanish14401444
LMArena German1440—
LMArena Japanese1374—
LMArena Korean1371—

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Instruction Following14131433

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Longer Query14281446
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 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpGemma 4 31B IT
LMArena Text14251443
LMArena Creative Writing14031415
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15151368
LMArena Multi-Turn14271452
EQ-Bench 4—1120

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than Gemma 4 31B IT?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Gemma 4 31B IT score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.3 vs 43.5), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Gemma 4 31B IT?

Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp lists at $0.26 and $0.38.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or Gemma 4 31B IT better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.5 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 31B IT does, with 262K tokens against 164K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and Gemma 4 31B IT share?

29 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 31B IT has 35.

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