DeepSeekMath V2 vs Gemma 4 26B A4B

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

Agentic
Coding
Multimodal & Grounded
Reasoning
Knowledge
Instruction Following
Multilingual
Mathematics

DeepSeekMath V2· Gemma 4 26B A4B

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemma 4 26B A4B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeekMath V2 only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority.

Gemma 4 26B A4B finishes one point ahead overall, 64 to 63. 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.

Gemma 4 26B A4B's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 77.1 against 46.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 44% to 77.1%. DeepSeekMath V2 does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemma 4 26B A4B gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for DeepSeekMath V2.

Operational tradeoffs

PriceFree*Free*
SpeedN/AN/A
TTFTN/AN/A
Context128K256K

Decision framing

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BenchmarkDeepSeekMath V2Gemma 4 26B A4B
Agentic
Terminal-Bench 2.065%
BrowseComp66%
OSWorld-Verified61%
CodingGemma 4 26B A4B wins
HumanEval72%
SWE-bench Verified45%
LiveCodeBench44%77.1%
SWE-bench Pro51%
Multimodal & GroundedGemma 4 26B A4B wins
MMMU-Pro64%73.8%
OfficeQA Pro73%
ReasoningDeepSeekMath V2 wins
MuSR75%
BBH86%64.8%
LongBench v275%
MRCRv272%44.1%
KnowledgeDeepSeekMath V2 wins
GPQA79%82.3%
SuperGPQA77%
FrontierScience73%
SimpleQA77%
MMLU-Pro82.6%
HLE17.2%
HLE w/o tools8.7%
Instruction Following
IFEval83%
Multilingual
MGSM87%
MMLU-ProX80%
Mathematics
AIME 202482%
AIME 202581%
HMMT Feb 202376%
HMMT Feb 202478%
HMMT Feb 202577%
BRUMO 202579%
MATH-50090%
Frequently Asked Questions (5)

Which is better, DeepSeekMath V2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B is ahead overall, 64 to 63. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 44% and 77.1%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeekMath V2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.1 versus 56.1. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeekMath V2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 77.1 versus 46.9. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeekMath V2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 74 versus 44.1. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, DeepSeekMath V2 or Gemma 4 26B A4B?

Gemma 4 26B A4B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.8 versus 68.1. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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