DeepSeek LLM 2.0 vs Gemma 4 E4B

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 LLM 2.0· Gemma 4 E4B

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek LLM 2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E4B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 57 to 47. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek LLM 2.0's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 64.5 against 52.6. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BBH, 81% to 33.1%. Gemma 4 E4B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemma 4 E4B is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek LLM 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.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K128K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 2.0Gemma 4 E4B
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.057%
CodingGemma 4 E4B wins
HumanEval73%
SWE-bench Verified46%
LiveCodeBench39%52%
SWE-bench Pro46%
Multimodal & GroundedDeepSeek LLM 2.0 wins
MMMU-Pro60%52.6%
OfficeQA Pro70%
Reasoning
BBH81%33.1%
MRCRv225.4%
KnowledgeGemma 4 E4B wins
MMLU79%
GPQA78%58.6%
SuperGPQA76%
MMLU-Pro72%69.4%
HLE12%
FrontierScience67%
SimpleQA77%
Instruction Following
IFEval85%
Multilingual
Coming soon
Mathematics
AIME 202380%
AIME 202482%
AIME 202581%
HMMT Feb 202376%
HMMT Feb 202478%
HMMT Feb 202577%
MATH-50083%
Frequently Asked Questions (4)

Which is better, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Gemma 4 E4B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is ahead overall, 57 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BBH, where the scores are 81% and 33.1%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Gemma 4 E4B?

Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.6 versus 59.1. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Gemma 4 E4B?

Gemma 4 E4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 52 versus 43.3. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Gemma 4 E4B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.5 versus 52.6. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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