DeepSeek LLM 2.0 vs o1-pro

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

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 70 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1-pro 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. o1-pro gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek LLM 2.0.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek LLM 2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 200K context window.

Knowledge

o1-pro

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

65.2

o1-pro

79

79
MMLU
-
78
GPQA
79
76
SuperGPQA
-
74
OpenBookQA
-
72
MMLU-Pro
-
12
HLE
-

Coding

DeepSeek LLM 2.0
73
HumanEval
-
46
SWE-bench Verified
-
39
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o1-pro

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

79.5

o1-pro

86

80
AIME 2023
-
82
AIME 2024
86
81
AIME 2025
-
76
HMMT Feb 2023
-
78
HMMT Feb 2024
-
77
HMMT Feb 2025
-
79
BRUMO 2025
-
83
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

DeepSeek LLM 2.0
77
SimpleQA
-
75
MuSR
-
81
BBH
-

Instruction Following

DeepSeek LLM 2.0
85
IFEval
-

Multilingual

DeepSeek LLM 2.0
82
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or o1-pro?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is ahead overall, 70 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2024, where the scores are 82 and 86.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 65.2. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 79.5. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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