Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V3
35
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Instruct
27
Pick DeepSeek V3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Coding
+2.0 difference
Knowledge
+29.1 difference
Inst. Following
+10.3 difference
DeepSeek V3
Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Instruct
$0.27 / $1.1
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Pick DeepSeek V3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Mellum2-12B-A2.5B-Instruct only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
DeepSeek V3 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 35 to 27. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
DeepSeek V3's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 70 against 40.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 59.1% to 40.9%.
DeepSeek V3 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 35 to 27. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 59.1% and 40.9%.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 70 versus 40.9. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 39.2 versus 37.2. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V3 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 86.1 versus 75.8. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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