# Deepseek Coder v2 vs Gemma 2 9B

> Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.3 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-v2-vs-gemma-2-9b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 7 categories and Gemma 2 9B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Deepseek Coder v2 leads 32.3 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 59.7% for Deepseek Coder v2 and 40.6% for Gemma 2 9B.

## Snapshot

| | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Google |
| Noometry Index | 35.3 | 25.7 |
| Rank | 217 | 334 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.5 (#178)
- Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | 34.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1251 | 1174 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.7% | 40.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 22.5% |
| HumanEval+ | 82.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 75.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Deepseek Coder v2: 22.6 (#175)
- Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1207 | 1172 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.2% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 119.78 |
| LiveBench | — | 28.7% |
| PIQA | — | 83.7% |
| WinoGrande | 83.7% | — |

## Math

- Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#188)
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1241 | 1183 |
| GSM8K | 94.5% | 84.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 0.6% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 19.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 21% |

## Knowledge

- Deepseek Coder v2: 31.7 (#209)
- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1181 | 1147 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.5% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 64.3% | — |
| BoolQ | — | 85.7% |
| MMLU | — | 72.1% |

## Multilingual

- Deepseek Coder v2: 36.4 (#235)
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1182 | 1188 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1201 | 1185 |
| LMArena French | 1184 | 1189 |
| LMArena German | 1164 | 1186 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1126 | 1144 |
| LMArena Korean | 1104 | 1137 |
| LMArena Russian | 1188 | 1200 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1153 | 1200 |

## Instruction Following

- Deepseek Coder v2: 61.9 (#237)
- Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1180 | 1178 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 52.6% |

## Long Context

- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#219)
- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1197 |

## Writing & Preference

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.4 (#249)
- Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Gemma 2 9B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1207 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1120 | 1206 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1176 | 1193 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 841 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 25.5% |

## FAQ

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Gemma 2 9B?

Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.3 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 or Gemma 2 9B better for coding?

Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.5 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Gemma 2 9B share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 9B has 35.