Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3 vs Gemma 1.1 2b IT

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3 DeepSeek

39.5

Rank #166 Confirmed

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3 scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 1.1 2b IT in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3 leads 57.4 to 25.1.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3 and Gemma 1.1 2b IT specifications
DeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index39.529.3
Released2024-12-26—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output164K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.24—
Output $ / M tokens$0.90—
Results tracked6016

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 42.3 (#106), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Coding13681034
HumanEval+86.6%17.7%
MBPP+73%23.3%
Aider Polyglot55.1%—
SciCode35.8%—
WeirdML36.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct50%—
LiveBench Coding70.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete62.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3: —, Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
METR Time Horizons49.6%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 20.5 (#236), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Hard Prompts13651005
SimpleBench27.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
CritPt0%—
LiveBench Reasoning65.8%—
DTBench64.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA15.5%—
BIG-Bench Hard87.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index135.94—
ForecastBench59.1—
HellaSwag88.9%—
LiveBench66.9%—
PIQA84.7%—
WinoGrande85.2%—

Math DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 32.1 (#219), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Math13731047
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
Omni-MATH40.3%—
LiveBench Math73.5%—
MATH Level 575.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 37.5 (#155), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Expert1351970
GPQA Diamond67.6%—
MMLU-Pro72.3%—
Confabulations26.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)53.8%—
ARC (AI2) Challenge95.3%—
MMLU87.2%—
TriviaQA82.9%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 48.5 (#143), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Non-English1358988
LMArena Chinese13911012
LMArena German1374944
LMArena Korean1319899
LMArena Russian1373990
LMArena French1385—
LMArena Japanese1333—
LMArena Spanish1358—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 72.8 (#130), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following1345992
LiveBench Instruction Following81.5%—
IFEval83.2%—

Long Context DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 34.0 (#253), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query13521003
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 57.4 (#130), Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 1.1 2b IT
LMArena Text13751022
LMArena Creative Writing1364998
LMArena Multi-Turn1389959
Short-Story Creative Writing77%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1472—
WildBench83%—
LiveBench Language49.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3 better than Gemma 1.1 2b IT?

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3 or Gemma 1.1 2b IT better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3 and Gemma 1.1 2b IT share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3 has 60 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16.

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