Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3 vs Olmo 7b Instruct

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3 DeepSeek

39.5

Rank #166 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3 leads 57.4 to 25.8.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3 and Olmo 7b Instruct specifications
DeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index39.530.3
Released2024-12-26—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window164K—
Max output164K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.24—
Output $ / M tokens$0.90—
Results tracked6010

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 42.3 (#106), Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Coding13681016
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: —, Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
METR Time Horizons49.6%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 20.5 (#236), Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts1365993
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), Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Math13731018
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202537.8%—
Omni-MATH40.3%—
LiveBench Math73.5%—
MATH Level 575.5%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)1.7%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3: 37.5 (#155), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
GPQA Diamond67.6%—
MMLU-Pro72.3%—
Confabulations26.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.1%—
GPQA (HELM)53.8%—
LMArena Expert1351—
ARC (AI2) Challenge95.3%—
MMLU87.2%—
TriviaQA82.9%—

Multilingual DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 48.5 (#143), Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Non-English1358977
LMArena Chinese13911014
LMArena Russian1373947
LMArena French1385—
LMArena German1374—
LMArena Japanese1333—
LMArena Korean1319—
LMArena Spanish1358—

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 72.8 (#130), Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following1345978
LiveBench Instruction Following81.5%—
IFEval83.2%—

Long Context Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3: 34.0 (#253), Olmo 7b Instruct: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
Fiction.LiveBench50%—
LMArena Longer Query1352—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3 leads

DeepSeek-V3: 57.4 (#130), Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3Olmo 7b Instruct
LMArena Text13751032
LMArena Creative Writing1364990
LMArena Multi-Turn13891007
Short-Story Creative Writing77%—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1472—
WildBench83%—
LiveBench Language49.1%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3 better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.5 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V3 or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3 and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3 has 60 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.

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