Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3 vs Gemma 2B

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3 DeepSeek

39.5

Rank #166 Confirmed

Gemma 2B Google

29.6

Rank #307 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3 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 leads 57.4 to 24.0.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3 and Gemma 2B specifications
DeepSeek-V3Gemma 2B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index39.529.6
Released2024-12-262024-02-21
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output164K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.24—
Output $ / M tokens$0.90—
Results tracked6023

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 42.3 (#106), Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 2B
LMArena Coding13681010
HumanEval+86.6%20.7%
MBPP+73%34.1%
Aider Polyglot55.1%—
SciCode35.8%—
WeirdML36.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct50%—
LiveBench Coding70.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete62.2%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3: —, Gemma 2B: —

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

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 20.5 (#236), Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 2B
LMArena Hard Prompts1365989
BIG-Bench Hard87.5%35.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index135.9494.2
HellaSwag88.9%71.4%
PIQA84.7%77.3%
WinoGrande85.2%65.4%
SimpleBench27.2%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%—
CritPt0%—
LiveBench Reasoning65.8%—
DTBench64.8%—
LiveBench Data Analysis60.9%—
LMCA15.5%—
ForecastBench59.1—
LiveBench66.9%—

Math DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 32.1 (#219), Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 2B
LMArena Math13731009
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
Omni-MATH40.3%—
LiveBench Math73.5%—
MATH Level 575.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—
GSM8K—17.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3: 37.5 (#155), Gemma 2B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 2B
ARC (AI2) Challenge95.3%42.1%
MMLU87.2%42.3%
TriviaQA82.9%53.2%
GPQA Diamond67.6%—
MMLU-Pro72.3%—
Confabulations26.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)53.8%—
LMArena Expert1351—
BoolQ—69.4%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 48.5 (#143), Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 2B
LMArena Non-English1358958
LMArena Chinese1391986
LMArena Russian1373937
LMArena French1385—
LMArena German1374—
LMArena Japanese1333—
LMArena Korean1319—
LMArena Spanish1358—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 72.8 (#130), Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 2B
LMArena Instruction Following1345970
LiveBench Instruction Following81.5%—
IFEval83.2%—

Long Context DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 34.0 (#253), Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 2B
LMArena Longer Query1352981
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 57.4 (#130), Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 2B
LMArena Text13751002
LMArena Creative Writing1364987
LMArena Multi-Turn1389945
Short-Story Creative Writing77%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1472—
WildBench83%—
LiveBench Language49.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3 better than Gemma 2B?

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

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

DeepSeek-V3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3 has 60 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2B has 23.

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