DeepSeek V3 vs Llama 3 70B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Llama 3 70B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 29 to 25. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Llama 3 70B's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 54.9 against 24.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 24.9% to 56%. DeepSeek V3 does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick Llama 3 70B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V3 only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

Llama 3 70B

DeepSeek V3

42

Llama 3 70B

50

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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HumanEval
50%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Llama 3 70B

DeepSeek V3

24.9

Llama 3 70B

54.9

24.9%
SimpleQA
56%
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MuSR
54%

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

69.6

Llama 3 70B

57

59.1%
GPQA
58%
88.5%
MMLU
58%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
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SuperGPQA
56%
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OpenBookQA
54%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

Llama 3 70B

57

39.2%
AIME 2024
60%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
58%
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AIME 2025
59%
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HMMT Feb 2023
54%
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HMMT Feb 2024
56%
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HMMT Feb 2025
55%
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BRUMO 2025
57%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 3 70B?

Llama 3 70B is ahead overall, 29 to 25. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 24.9% and 56%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 3 70B?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 57. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 3 70B?

Llama 3 70B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 50 versus 42. DeepSeek V3 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 3 70B?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 57. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 3 70B?

Llama 3 70B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 54.9 versus 24.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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