# Deepseek Coder v2 vs Dolly 2.0-12b

> Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-v2-vs-dolly-2-0-12b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 11

## Summary

- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 6 categories and Dolly 2.0-12b in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Deepseek Coder v2 leads 61.7 to 38.7.

## Snapshot

| | Deepseek Coder v2 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Databricks |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 25.5 |
| Rank | 220 | 342 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1251 | 776 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.7% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 82.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 75.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1207 | 804 |
| WinoGrande | 83.7% | 61.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 89.67 |
| HellaSwag | — | 70.8% |
| PIQA | — | 75.4% |

## Math

- Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1241 | 871 |
| GSM8K | 94.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 64.3% | 39.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1181 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 56.3% |
| MMLU | — | 26.2% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 39.2% |

## Multilingual

- Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1182 | 836 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1201 | 836 |
| LMArena French | 1185 | — |
| LMArena German | 1164 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1126 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1104 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1153 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1180 | 814 |

## Long Context

- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253)
- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Dolly 2.0-12b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 851 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1120 | 864 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1177 | 740 |

## FAQ

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Dolly 2.0-12b?

Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 or Dolly 2.0-12b better for coding?

Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Dolly 2.0-12b share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Dolly 2.0-12b has 17.