DeepSeek V3.1 vs Gemma 4 E2B

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· Gemma 4 E2B

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemma 4 E2B only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

DeepSeek V3.1 has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 41 versus 39. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

DeepSeek V3.1's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 42.1 against 19.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is BBH, 61% to 21.9%. Gemma 4 E2B does hit back in coding, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemma 4 E2B is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek V3.1 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.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K128K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkDeepSeek V3.1Gemma 4 E2B
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.029%
BrowseComp39%
OSWorld-Verified33%
CodingGemma 4 E2B wins
HumanEval25%
SWE-bench Verified13%
LiveCodeBench15%44%
SWE-bench Pro15%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 E2B wins
MMMU-Pro35%44.2%
OfficeQA Pro45%
ReasoningDeepSeek V3.1 wins
MuSR29%
BBH61%21.9%
LongBench v246%
MRCRv248%19.1%
KnowledgeGemma 4 E2B wins
MMLU33%
GPQA32%43.4%
SuperGPQA30%
MMLU-Pro53%60%
HLE2%
FrontierScience37%
SimpleQA31%
Instruction Following
IFEval67%
Multilingual
MGSM64%
MMLU-ProX59%
Mathematics
AIME 202333%
AIME 202435%
AIME 202534%
HMMT Feb 202329%
HMMT Feb 202431%
HMMT Feb 202530%
BRUMO 202532%
MATH-50059%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.1 or Gemma 4 E2B?

DeepSeek V3.1 is ahead overall, 41 to 39. The biggest single separator in this matchup is BBH, where the scores are 61% and 21.9%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 or Gemma 4 E2B?

Gemma 4 E2B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 54.1 versus 30.3. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.1 or Gemma 4 E2B?

Gemma 4 E2B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 44 versus 14.5. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3.1 or Gemma 4 E2B?

DeepSeek V3.1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 42.1 versus 19.1. 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 or Gemma 4 E2B?

Gemma 4 E2B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 39.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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