DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) 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 V3.1 (Reasoning)· Sarvam 30B

Quick Verdict

Pick Sarvam 30B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if agentic is the priority or you need the larger 128K context window.

Sarvam 30B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 48 to 43. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Sarvam 30B's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 80 against 32.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 26% to 92.1%. DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) does hit back in agentic, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) 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

BenchLM keeps the benchmark table and the operator tradeoffs on the same page so a better score does not hide a materially slower, pricier, or smaller-context model.

Runtime metrics show N/A when BenchLM does not have a sourced snapshot for that exact model. The scoring rules and freshness policy are documented on the methodology page.

BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)Sarvam 30B
AgenticDeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) wins
Terminal-Bench 2.042%
BrowseComp48%35.5%
CodingSarvam 30B wins
HumanEval26%92.1%
SWE-bench Verified14%34%
LiveCodeBench16%
SWE-bench Pro25%
LiveCodeBench v670.0%
Multimodal & Grounded
MMMU-Pro37%
OfficeQA Pro47%
Reasoning
MuSR30%
BBH64%
LongBench v257%
MRCRv256%
gpqaDiamond66.5%
KnowledgeSarvam 30B wins
MMLU34%85.1%
GPQA33%
SuperGPQA31%
MMLU-Pro53%80%
HLE10%
FrontierScience37%
SimpleQA32%
Instruction Following
IFEval70%
Multilingual
MGSM64%
MMLU-ProX61%
MathematicsSarvam 30B wins
AIME 202334%
AIME 202436%
AIME 202535%80%
HMMT Feb 202531%
BRUMO 202533%
MATH-50062%97%
HMMT Feb 202573.3%
HMMT Nov 202574.2%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B is ahead overall, 48 to 43. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 26% and 92.1%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80 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 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 34 versus 19. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Sarvam 30B?

Sarvam 30B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 86.5 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 30B?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.3 versus 35.5. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

Weekly LLM Benchmark Digest

Get notified when new models drop, benchmark scores change, or the leaderboard shifts. One email per week.

Free. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. We only store derived location metadata for consent routing.