Model comparison
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 7 categories and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 37.0 to 31.7.
- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 37.7 |
| Released | 2024-09-06 | 2024-08-13 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 37.0 (#199)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1269 |
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 24.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | 1255 |
Math Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 35.4 (#185)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1288 | 1265 |
Knowledge Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.9 (#200)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | 1238 |
Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.4 (#208)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1257 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1318 | 1262 |
| LMArena French | 1289 | 1286 |
| LMArena German | 1258 | 1273 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | 1195 |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | 1261 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | 1279 |
Instruction Following DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.5 (#220)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | 1245 |
Long Context DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | 1266 |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.3 (#211)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | 1281 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1242 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1265 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 37.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?
Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.