Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Gemma 2 27B

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.2

Rank #28 Confirmed

Gemma 2 27B Google

29.2

Rank #302 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Gemma 2 27B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 64.6 to 10.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.6% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $0.43 / $0.87 per million input/output tokens, against $0.65 / $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 8K.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Gemma 2 27B specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
ProviderDeepSeekGoogle
Noometry Index54.229.2
Released2026-04-242024-06-24
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window1M8K
Max output393K2K
Input $ / M tokens$0.43$0.65
Output $ / M tokens$0.87$0.65
Results tracked4834

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.2 (#31), Gemma 2 27B: 33.5 (#243)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
LMArena Coding14701211
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
WeirdML66.2%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—42.8%
LiveBench Coding—36%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.5%
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.7 (#54), Gemma 2 27B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.4 (#22), Gemma 2 27B: 14.8 (#313)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
LMArena Hard Prompts14611199
DTBench93.9%48%
LMCA45.5%7.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.39122.06
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LiveBench Reasoning—28.1%
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—47.9%
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
ForecastBench56.1—
LiveBench—38.2%

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.6 (#24), Gemma 2 27B: 10.0 (#306)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%1.4%
LMArena Math14551212
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
ProofBench50%—
LiveBench Math—26.5%
MATH Level 5—27.9%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#28), Gemma 2 27B: 18.9 (#275)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
GPQA Diamond91.7%36.5%
LMArena Expert14631172
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Confabulations—27.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—
MMLU—75.7%

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.5 (#44), Gemma 2 27B: 38.8 (#221)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
LMArena Non-English14381217
LMArena Chinese14861221
LMArena French14731246
LMArena German14581209
LMArena Japanese14481175
LMArena Korean14521174
LMArena Russian14521234
LMArena Spanish14571228

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.3 (#44), Gemma 2 27B: 60.7 (#244)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
LMArena Instruction Following14481206
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.1%

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#49), Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#213)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
LMArena Longer Query14591231
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.6 (#45), Gemma 2 27B: 44.4 (#220)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGemma 2 27B
LMArena Text14511231
LMArena Creative Writing14461241
LMArena Multi-Turn14671224
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—
LiveBench Language—32.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Gemma 2 27B?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Gemma 2 27B?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.43 per million input tokens and $0.87 per million output tokens; Gemma 2 27B lists at $0.65 and $0.65.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Gemma 2 27B better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.2 versus 33.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Pro does, with 1M tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Gemma 2 27B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 27B has 34.

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