# Deepseek Coder v2 vs Pixtral Large

> Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-v2-vs-pixtral-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Deepseek Coder v2 leads 38.2 to 32.9.

## Snapshot

| | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 220 | 259 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1251 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.7% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 82.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 75.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176)
- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1207 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.7% | — |

## Math

- Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1241 | — |
| GSM8K | 94.5% | — |

## Knowledge

- Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1181 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 64.3% | — |

## Multimodal

- Deepseek Coder v2: —
- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |

## Multilingual

- Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1180 | — |

## Long Context

- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253)
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1120 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1177 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Pixtral Large?

Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Pixtral Large share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.