# Claude 2.1 vs DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)

> Claude 2.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#340); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-1-vs-deepseek-v2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) leads 39.8 to 25.8.
- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 39.7 |
| Rank | 340 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2.1: 25.8 (#322)
- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): 39.8 (#141)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 48.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 59.4% |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2.1: 20.6 (#216)
- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.22 | 124.78 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 78.8% |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 87.1% |
| PIQA | — | 83.9% |
| WinoGrande | — | 86.3% |

## Math

- Claude 2.1: 9.6 (#309)
- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2.1: 15.5 (#287)
- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 73.5% | 78.4% |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 92.2% |
| TriviaQA | — | 80% |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2.1 better than DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024)?

Claude 2.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#340); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Claude 2.1 or DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.8 versus 25.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) has 10.