# DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

> Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#286); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v2-vs-granite-3-0-2b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) leads 40.4 to 28.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 48.9% for DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) and 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 30.8 |
| Rank | — | 286 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): 40.4 (#139)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | 20.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1090 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1073 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 78.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 124.77 | — |
| HellaSwag | 87.1% | — |
| PIQA | 83.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 86.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1117 |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1064 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 92.2% | — |
| MMLU | 78.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 80% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1033 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1070 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1045 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1056 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1070 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1046 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1053 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#286); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) has 10 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.