# Deepseek Coder v2 vs Gemini 2.0 Pro

> Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-v2-vs-gemini-2-0-pro
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 52.7 to 38.2.
- Deepseek Coder v2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Google |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 220 | 173 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183)
- Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | — | 35.6% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 63.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1251 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.7% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 82.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 75.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176)
- Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 60.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1207 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 68% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.06 |
| LiveBench | — | 65.1% |
| WinoGrande | 83.7% | — |

## Math

- Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190)
- Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 71% |
| LMArena Math | 1241 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 83.5% |
| GSM8K | 94.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212)
- Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.7% |
| Confabulations | — | 18.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1181 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 64.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240)
- Gemini 2.0 Pro: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1182 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1201 | — |
| 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)
- Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 83.4% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1180 | — |

## Long Context

- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224)
- Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 41.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253)
- Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemini 2.0 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1120 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1177 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.9% |

## FAQ

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Gemini 2.0 Pro?

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 or Gemini 2.0 Pro better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (38.1 vs 37.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Gemini 2.0 Pro share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14.