Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Grok-2 (Dec 2024)

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Grok-2 (Dec 2024) xAI

33.7

Rank #239 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 8 categories and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 64.8 to 20.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 98.6% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024).
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
ProviderDeepSeekxAI
Noometry Index54.333.7
Released2026-04-242024-08-13
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M—
Max output393K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.66—
Output $ / M tokens$1.98—
Results tracked4834

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
WeirdML66.2%22.2%
LMArena Coding14701287
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
FrontierCode28.6%—
LMArena WebDev1582—
SciCode51%—
LiveBench Coding—46.4%
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
APEX-Agents47.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,285—

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Hard Prompts14611272
DTBench93.9%65.2%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31130.48
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
SimpleBench—22.7%
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
CritPt18%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
LiveBench Reasoning—54.8%
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
LiveBench Data Analysis—54.5%
LMCA45.5%—
Surface Evolver Bench40%—
ForecastBench56.1—
LiveBench—54.3%

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%11.5%
LMArena Math14551283
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
ProofBench50%—
LiveBench Math—54.9%
MATH Level 5—63.5%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—0.7%

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
GPQA Diamond91.7%53.8%
LMArena Expert14641254
SimpleQA Verified52.9%—
Confabulations—20.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multilingual DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Non-English14391282
LMArena Chinese14861289
LMArena French14721318
LMArena German14581287
LMArena Japanese14451244
LMArena Korean14471237
LMArena Russian14531286
LMArena Spanish14581281

Instruction Following DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Instruction Following14481270
LiveBench Instruction Following—69.6%

Long Context DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Longer Query14581276
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProGrok-2 (Dec 2024)
LMArena Text14511305
LMArena Creative Writing14461284
LMArena Multi-Turn14671290
Short-Story Creative Writing—63.6%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1553—
EQ-Bench 41166—
LiveBench Language—45.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Grok-2 (Dec 2024)?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34.

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