DeepSeek Coder 2.0 vs DeepSeek V3

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 43 to 25. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek Coder 2.0's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 76.9 against 24.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 78% to 24.9%. DeepSeek V3 does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek Coder 2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

82

DeepSeek V3

42

82%
HumanEval
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SWE-bench Verified
42%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

76.9

DeepSeek V3

24.9

78%
SimpleQA
24.9%
76%
MuSR
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Knowledge

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

78

DeepSeek V3

69.6

80%
MMLU
88.5%
79%
GPQA
59.1%
77%
SuperGPQA
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75%
OpenBookQA
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MMLU-Pro
75.9%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

80

DeepSeek V3

90.2

81%
AIME 2023
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83%
AIME 2024
39.2%
82%
AIME 2025
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77%
HMMT Feb 2023
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79%
HMMT Feb 2024
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78%
HMMT Feb 2025
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80%
BRUMO 2025
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MATH-500
90.2%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or DeepSeek V3?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is ahead overall, 43 to 25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 78% and 24.9%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or DeepSeek V3?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78 versus 69.6. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or DeepSeek V3?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 42. DeepSeek V3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or DeepSeek V3?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 80. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or DeepSeek V3?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 76.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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