# DBRX vs Deepseek Coder v2

> Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-deepseek-coder-v2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Deepseek Coder v2 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Deepseek Coder v2 leads 31.7 to 14.9.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 35.3 |
| Rank | 307 | 217 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.3 (#262)
- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.5 (#178)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1251 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | 82.3% |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | 75.1% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 48.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 59.7% |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 20.5 (#218)
- Deepseek Coder v2: 22.6 (#175)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1207 |
| WinoGrande | — | 83.7% |

## Math

- DBRX: 22.3 (#265)
- Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#188)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1241 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 94.5% |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#289)
- Deepseek Coder v2: 31.7 (#209)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1181 |
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 64.3% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.4 (#263)
- Deepseek Coder v2: 36.4 (#235)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1182 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1201 |
| LMArena French | 1095 | 1184 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1164 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1126 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1104 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1188 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1153 |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.7 (#265)
- Deepseek Coder v2: 61.9 (#237)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1180 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#253)
- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#219)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1219 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.7 (#271)
- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.4 (#249)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1120 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1176 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Deepseek Coder v2?

Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.3 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Deepseek Coder v2 better for coding?

Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.5 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Deepseek Coder v2 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Deepseek Coder v2 has 24.