Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3 vs Gemma 3n E4b IT

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3 DeepSeek

39.5

Rank #166 Confirmed

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3 scores higher in 6 categories and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3 leads 57.4 to 50.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 52.3% for DeepSeek-V3 and 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3 and Gemma 3n E4b IT specifications
DeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index39.537.3
Released2024-12-26—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output164K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.24—
Output $ / M tokens$0.90—
Results tracked6018

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 42.3 (#106), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Coding13681268
Aider Polyglot55.1%—
SciCode35.8%—
WeirdML36.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct50%—
LiveBench Coding70.9%—
BigCodeBench Complete62.2%—
HumanEval+86.6%—
MBPP+73%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3: —, Gemma 3n E4b IT: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
METR Time Horizons49.6%—

Reasoning Too close to call

DeepSeek-V3: 20.5 (#236), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.3%31.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts13651284
SimpleBench27.2%—
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 Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

DeepSeek-V3: 32.1 (#219), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Math13731251
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 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Expert13511246
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 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Non-English13581285
LMArena Chinese13911309
LMArena French13851330
LMArena German13741311
LMArena Japanese13331272
LMArena Korean13191259
LMArena Russian13731288
LMArena Spanish13581305

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 72.8 (#130), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Instruction Following13451255
LiveBench Instruction Following81.5%—
IFEval83.2%—

Long Context Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

DeepSeek-V3: 34.0 (#253), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Longer Query13521276
Fiction.LiveBench50%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 57.4 (#130), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Gemma 3n E4b IT
LMArena Text13751306
LMArena Creative Writing13641287
LMArena Multi-Turn13891276
Short-Story Creative Writing77%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1472—
WildBench83%—
LiveBench Language49.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3 better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3 or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3 and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3 has 60 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.

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