# DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Step 5 Preview

> Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v2-5-vs-step-5-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Step 5 Preview leads 50.6 to 31.3.
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 43.8 |
| Rank | 197 | 78 |
| Context | — | 1.02M |
| Input $/M | — | $1 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.70 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.3 (#274)
- Step 5 Preview: 50.6 (#40)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1569 |
| SciCode | — | 58.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1310 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 24.5 (#145)
- Step 5 Preview: 38.0 (#58)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 33.3 (#177)
- Step 5 Preview: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1289 | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.2 (#190)
- Step 5 Preview: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.7 (#188)
- Step 5 Preview: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1317 | — |
| LMArena French | 1288 | — |
| LMArena German | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.7 (#189)
- Step 5 Preview: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | — |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#169)
- Step 5 Preview: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 50.0 (#182)
- Step 5 Preview: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Step 5 Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | — |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Step 5 Preview?

Step 5 Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Step 5 Preview better for coding?

Step 5 Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.6 versus 31.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Step 5 Preview share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Step 5 Preview has 3.