Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Llama 3.1-405B

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Llama 3.1-405B Meta

30.7

Rank #288 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 9 categories and Llama 3.1-405B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 64.8 to 18.4.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.6% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 9.7% for Llama 3.1-405B.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Llama 3.1-405B specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
ProviderDeepSeekMeta
Noometry Index54.330.7
Released2026-04-242024-07-23
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked4842

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Llama 3.1-405B: 33.1 (#262)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
WeirdML66.2%21.4%
LMArena Coding14701291
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Llama 3.1-405B: 21.0 (#140)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
APEX-Agents47.3%—
TheAgentCompany—7.4%
Cybench—7.5%
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Llama 3.1-405B: 16.8 (#300)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%45%
LMArena Hard Prompts14611269
DTBench93.9%61.4%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31128.75
ForecastBench56.159.9
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
SimpleBench—23%
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
BIG-Bench Hard—82.9%
HellaSwag—89.2%
PIQA—85.9%
WinoGrande—89.2%

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Llama 3.1-405B: 18.4 (#290)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%9.7%
LMArena Math14551281
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
ProofBench50%—
Omni-MATH—24.9%
MATH Level 5—49.8%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Llama 3.1-405B: 30.4 (#227)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
GPQA Diamond91.7%50.9%
LMArena Expert14641243
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
MMLU-Pro—72.3%
Confabulations—17.6%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—
GPQA (HELM)—52.2%
ARC (AI2) Challenge—95.3%
MMLU—84.5%
TriviaQA—82.7%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Llama 3.1-405B: 40.7 (#214)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Non-English14391248
LMArena Chinese14861242
LMArena French14721279
LMArena German14581252
LMArena Japanese14451208
LMArena Korean14471184
LMArena Russian14531265
LMArena Spanish14581260

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Llama 3.1-405B: 65.9 (#214)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Instruction Following14481259
IFEval—81.1%

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Llama 3.1-405B: 38.4 (#197)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Longer Query14581266
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Llama 3.1-405B: 38.9 (#251)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProLlama 3.1-405B
LMArena Text14511284
LMArena Creative Writing14461262
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553870
LMArena Multi-Turn14671297
WildBench—78.3%
EQ-Bench 41166—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Llama 3.1-405B?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 30.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Llama 3.1-405B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 33.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Llama 3.1-405B share?

25 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1-405B has 42.

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