DeepSeek LLM 2.0 vs Sarvam 30B

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· Sarvam 30B

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek LLM 2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Sarvam 30B only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 57 to 48. 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 agentic, where it averages 57 against 35.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 73% to 92.1%. Sarvam 30B does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Sarvam 30B 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. DeepSeek LLM 2.0 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 64K for Sarvam 30B.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K64K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkDeepSeek LLM 2.0Sarvam 30B
AgenticDeepSeek LLM 2.0 wins
Terminal-Bench 2.057%
BrowseComp35.5%
CodingDeepSeek LLM 2.0 wins
HumanEval73%92.1%
SWE-bench Verified46%34%
LiveCodeBench39%
SWE-bench Pro46%
LiveCodeBench v670.0%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro60%
OfficeQA Pro70%
Reasoning
BBH81%
gpqaDiamond66.5%
KnowledgeSarvam 30B wins
MMLU79%85.1%
GPQA78%
SuperGPQA76%
MMLU-Pro72%80%
HLE12%
FrontierScience67%
SimpleQA77%
Instruction Following
IFEval85%
Multilingual
Coming soon
MathematicsSarvam 30B wins
AIME 202380%
AIME 202482%
AIME 202581%80%
HMMT Feb 202376%
HMMT Feb 202478%
HMMT Feb 202577%
MATH-50083%97%
HMMT Feb 202573.3%
HMMT Nov 202574.2%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Sarvam 30B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is ahead overall, 57 to 48. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 73% and 92.1%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 59.1. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Sarvam 30B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 43.3 versus 34. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 86.5 versus 81.8. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Sarvam 30B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 57 versus 35.5. Sarvam 30B stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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