DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) vs Sarvam 105B

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)· Sarvam 105B

Quick Verdict

Pick Sarvam 105B 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.

Sarvam 105B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 60 to 43. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Sarvam 105B's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 92.3 against 41.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 34% to 90.6%.

Operational tradeoffs

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BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)Sarvam 105B
AgenticSarvam 105B wins
Terminal-Bench 2.042%
BrowseComp48%49.5%
CodingSarvam 105B wins
HumanEval26%
SWE-bench Verified14%45%
LiveCodeBench16%
SWE-bench Pro25%
LiveCodeBench v671.7%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro37%
OfficeQA Pro47%
Reasoning
MuSR30%
BBH64%
LongBench v257%
MRCRv256%
gpqaDiamond78.7%
hle11.2%
KnowledgeSarvam 105B wins
MMLU34%90.6%
GPQA33%
SuperGPQA31%
MMLU-Pro53%81.7%
HLE10%
FrontierScience37%
SimpleQA32%
Instruction FollowingSarvam 105B wins
IFEval70%84.8%
Multilingual
MGSM64%
MMLU-ProX61%
MathematicsSarvam 105B wins
AIME 202334%
AIME 202436%
AIME 202535%88.3%
HMMT Feb 202531%
BRUMO 202533%
MATH-50062%98.6%
HMMT Feb 202585.8%
HMMT Nov 202585.8%
Frequently Asked Questions (6)

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B is ahead overall, 60 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 34% and 90.6%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.7 versus 32.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 45 versus 19. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 92.3 versus 41.1. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 49.5 versus 44.3. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Sarvam 105B?

Sarvam 105B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 84.8 versus 70. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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