DeepSeek V3 vs Llama 4 Behemoth

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

DeepSeek V3 finishes one point ahead overall, 25 to 24. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

DeepSeek V3's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 90.2 against 47. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 88.5% to 48%. Llama 4 Behemoth does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

DeepSeek V3 gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Llama 4 Behemoth.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 4 Behemoth only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.

Agentic

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Coding

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

42

Llama 4 Behemoth

40

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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HumanEval
40%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Llama 4 Behemoth

DeepSeek V3

24.9

Llama 4 Behemoth

44.9

24.9%
SimpleQA
46%
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MuSR
44%

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

69.6

Llama 4 Behemoth

46

59.1%
GPQA
47%
88.5%
MMLU
48%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
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SuperGPQA
45%
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OpenBookQA
43%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

Llama 4 Behemoth

47

39.2%
AIME 2024
50%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
48%
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AIME 2025
49%
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HMMT Feb 2023
44%
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HMMT Feb 2024
46%
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HMMT Feb 2025
45%
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BRUMO 2025
47%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 4 Behemoth?

DeepSeek V3 is ahead overall, 25 to 24. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 88.5% and 48%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 4 Behemoth?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 46. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 4 Behemoth?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 42 versus 40. Llama 4 Behemoth stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 4 Behemoth?

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 47. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 4 Behemoth?

Llama 4 Behemoth has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 44.9 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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