DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) 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 V3.1 (Reasoning)· Gemma 4 31B

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 31B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Gemma 4 31B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 73 to 43. 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 19. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 16% to 80%.

Gemma 4 31B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning).

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K256K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)Gemma 4 31B
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.042%
BrowseComp48%
CodingGemma 4 31B wins
HumanEval26%
SWE-bench Verified14%
LiveCodeBench16%80%
SWE-bench Pro25%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 31B wins
MMMU-Pro37%76.9%
OfficeQA Pro47%
ReasoningGemma 4 31B wins
MuSR30%
BBH64%74.4%
LongBench v257%
MRCRv256%66.4%
KnowledgeGemma 4 31B wins
MMLU34%
GPQA33%84.3%
SuperGPQA31%
MMLU-Pro53%85.2%
HLE10%26.5%
FrontierScience37%
SimpleQA32%
HLE w/o tools19.5%
Instruction Following
IFEval70%
Multilingual
MGSM64%
MMLU-ProX61%
Mathematics
AIME 202334%
AIME 202436%
AIME 202535%
HMMT Feb 202531%
BRUMO 202533%
MATH-50062%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B is ahead overall, 73 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 16% and 80%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.3 versus 32.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 19. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 66.4 versus 49.5. Inside this category, BBH is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Gemma 4 31B?

Gemma 4 31B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.9 versus 41.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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