DeepSeek Coder 2.0 vs Gemma 4 31B

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

DeepSeek Coder 2.0· Gemma 4 31B

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 31B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek Coder 2.0 only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Gemma 4 31B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 73 to 62. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemma 4 31B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 80 against 52.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 45% to 80%. DeepSeek Coder 2.0 does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemma 4 31B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemma 4 31B is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Gemma 4 31B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek Coder 2.0.

Operational tradeoffs

Price$0.27 / $1.10Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K256K

Decision framing

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkDeepSeek Coder 2.0Gemma 4 31B
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.073%
BrowseComp62%
OSWorld-Verified65%
CodingGemma 4 31B wins
HumanEval82%
SWE-bench Verified51%
LiveCodeBench45%80%
SWE-bench Pro61%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 31B wins
MMMU-Pro50%76.9%
OfficeQA Pro69%
ReasoningDeepSeek Coder 2.0 wins
MuSR76%
BBH84%74.4%
LongBench v273%
MRCRv271%66.4%
KnowledgeGemma 4 31B wins
MMLU80%
GPQA79%84.3%
SuperGPQA77%
MMLU-Pro73%85.2%
HLE14%26.5%
FrontierScience72%
SimpleQA78%
HLE w/o tools19.5%
Instruction Following
IFEval86%
Multilingual
MGSM83%
MMLU-ProX78%
Mathematics
AIME 202381%
AIME 202483%
AIME 202582%
HMMT Feb 202377%
HMMT Feb 202479%
HMMT Feb 202578%
BRUMO 202580%
MATH-50081%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B is ahead overall, 73 to 62. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 45% and 80%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.3 versus 61.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 52.5. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Gemma 4 31B?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 66.4. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.9 versus 58.6. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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