Model comparison
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Gemma 4 31B IT
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
GoogleSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 4 31B IT in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 54.0 to 42.7.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 43.2 |
| Released | 2024-09-06 | 2026-04-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.09 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.34 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 35 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.3 (#274), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.9 (#98)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1310 | 1459 |
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1364 |
| SciCode | — | 43.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 52.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 925.5 |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 24.5 (#145), Gemma 4 31B IT: 26.4 (#119)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 70.6% |
| CritPt | — | 1.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 53% |
| DTBench | — | 82.7% |
| LMCA | — | 39.3% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 30.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.74 |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 33.3 (#177), Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.3 (#72)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1289 | 1464 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.2 (#190), Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#141)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | 1465 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 75.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 10.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
Multimodal Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —, Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.0 (#32)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1425 |
Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.7 (#188), Gemma 4 31B IT: 54.0 (#52)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1431 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1317 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1288 | 1436 |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | 1462 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | 1443 |
| LMArena German | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | — |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.7 (#189), Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.6 (#58)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | 1433 |
Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#169), Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#67)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | 1446 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 50.0 (#182), Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.7 (#92)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Gemma 4 31B IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | 1443 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1416 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1452 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1368 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1120 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Gemma 4 31B IT?
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Gemma 4 31B IT better for coding?
Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 31.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Gemma 4 31B IT share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 4 31B IT has 35.