# DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Gemma 3 12B

> DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v2-5-vs-gemma-3-12b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 5 categories and Gemma 3 12B in 3 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 33.3 to 21.0.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Google |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 31.8 |
| Rank | 197 | 255 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.3 (#274)
- Gemma 3 12B: 31.2 (#276)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1310 | 1281 |
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| SciCode | — | 17.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —
- Gemma 3 12B: 25.3 (#101)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 30.4% |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 24.5 (#145)
- Gemma 3 12B: 15.2 (#307)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | 1309 |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 48.8% |
| LMCA | — | 4.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 123.49 |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 33.3 (#177)
- Gemma 3 12B: 21.0 (#273)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1289 | 1307 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.7% |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.2 (#190)
- Gemma 3 12B: 26.5 (#250)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 39.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.4% |

## Multimodal

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —
- Gemma 3 12B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| MindCube | — | 46.7% |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.7 (#188)
- Gemma 3 12B: 45.9 (#160)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1318 |
| LMArena German | 1258 | 1370 |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | 1335 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1317 | — |
| LMArena French | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.7 (#189)
- Gemma 3 12B: 68.8 (#179)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | 1299 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#169)
- Gemma 3 12B: 40.0 (#157)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | 1317 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 50.0 (#182)
- Gemma 3 12B: 47.7 (#205)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 3 12B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | 1334 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1331 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1334 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1126 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Gemma 3 12B?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Gemma 3 12B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (31.3 vs 31.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Gemma 3 12B share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3 12B has 24.