# DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) vs Granite 4.2 3b

> Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); 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-4-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 39.0 |
| Rank | — | 163 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): 39.8 (#141)
- Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1363 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1308 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 78.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 124.78 | — |
| HellaSwag | 87.1% | — |
| PIQA | 83.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 86.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1313 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 92.2% | — |
| MMLU | 78.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 80% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1249 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1271 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1293 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1295 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1215 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1293 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) better than Granite 4.2 3b?

Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (39.8 vs 39.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) and Granite 4.2 3b share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) has 10 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.