DeepSeek Coder 2.0 vs Holo3-35B-A3B

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· Holo3-35B-A3B

Quick Verdict

Pick Holo3-35B-A3B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek Coder 2.0 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you need the larger 128K context window.

Holo3-35B-A3B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 78 to 62. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Holo3-35B-A3B's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 77.8 against 67.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OSWorld-Verified, 65% to 77.8%.

Holo3-35B-A3B is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.25 input / $1.80 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek Coder 2.0. DeepSeek Coder 2.0 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 64K for Holo3-35B-A3B.

Operational tradeoffs

Price$0.27 / $1.10$0.25 / $1.80
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K64K

Decision framing

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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 2.0Holo3-35B-A3B
AgenticHolo3-35B-A3B wins
Terminal-Bench 2.073%
BrowseComp62%
OSWorld-Verified65%77.8%
Coding
HumanEval82%
SWE-bench Verified51%
LiveCodeBench45%
SWE-bench Pro61%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro50%
OfficeQA Pro69%
Reasoning
MuSR76%
BBH84%
LongBench v273%
MRCRv271%
Knowledge
MMLU80%
GPQA79%
SuperGPQA77%
MMLU-Pro73%
HLE14%
FrontierScience72%
SimpleQA78%
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 (2)

Which is better, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Holo3-35B-A3B?

Holo3-35B-A3B is ahead overall, 78 to 62. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OSWorld-Verified, where the scores are 65% and 77.8%.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Holo3-35B-A3B?

Holo3-35B-A3B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 67.5. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 31, 2026

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