DeepSeek V3 vs Llama 4 Scout

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 46. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 88.5% to 47%. Llama 4 Scout does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

DeepSeek V3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Llama 4 Scout. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Llama 4 Scout gives you the larger context window at 10M, compared with 128K for DeepSeek V3.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 4 Scout only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

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Coding

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

42

Llama 4 Scout

32.8

42%
SWE-bench Verified
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HumanEval
39%
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LiveCodeBench
32.8%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Llama 4 Scout

DeepSeek V3

24.9

Llama 4 Scout

43.9

24.9%
SimpleQA
45%
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MuSR
43%

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

69.6

Llama 4 Scout

61.4

59.1%
GPQA
57.2%
88.5%
MMLU
47%
75.9%
MMLU-Pro
74.3%
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SuperGPQA
44%
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OpenBookQA
42%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek V3

90.2

Llama 4 Scout

46

39.2%
AIME 2024
49%
90.2%
MATH-500
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AIME 2023
47%
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AIME 2025
48%
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HMMT Feb 2023
43%
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HMMT Feb 2024
45%
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HMMT Feb 2025
44%
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BRUMO 2025
46%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3 or Llama 4 Scout?

DeepSeek V3 is ahead overall, 25 to 24. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 88.5% and 47%.

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

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 61.4. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 42 versus 32.8. Llama 4 Scout stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

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

DeepSeek V3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 90.2 versus 46. 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 Scout?

Llama 4 Scout has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 43.9 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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