Model comparison

Deepseek Coder v2 vs Gemini 4 Argon

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Deepseek Coder v2 DeepSeek

35.9

Rank #220 Confirmed

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 0 categories and Gemini 4 Argon in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 34.9.
  • Deepseek Coder v2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Deepseek Coder v2 and Gemini 4 Argon specifications
Deepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index35.956.5
Released2024-06-172026-09-30
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2421

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183), Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Coding12511550
LMArena WebDev—1678
FrontierSWE—55%
SciCode—61.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct48.2%—
BigCodeBench Complete59.7%—
HumanEval+82.3%—
MBPP+75.1%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Deepseek Coder v2: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
APEX-Agents—82.2%
Vending-Bench 2—13,718

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176), Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Hard Prompts12071548
CritPt—27.1%
WinoGrande83.7%—

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190), Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Math12411536
ProofBench—99%
GSM8K94.5%—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212), Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Expert11811553
ARC (AI2) Challenge64.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Deepseek Coder v2: —, Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
Blueprint-Bench 2—54.4%

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240), Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Non-English11821523
LMArena Chinese12011610
LMArena Russian11881537
LMArena Spanish11531497
LMArena French1185—
LMArena German1164—
LMArena Japanese1126—
LMArena Korean1104—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242), Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Instruction Following11801538

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224), Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Longer Query12191549

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253), Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Gemini 4 Argon
LMArena Text11911534
LMArena Creative Writing11201531
LMArena Multi-Turn11771557

Frequently asked questions

Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Deepseek Coder v2 or Gemini 4 Argon better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 38.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Gemini 4 Argon share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Gemini 4 Argon has 21.

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