# DeepSeek V3 vs Sakana Namazu

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for DeepSeek V3 and Sakana Namazu across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/deepseek-v3-vs-sakana-namazu
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for DeepSeek V3 and Sakana Namazu.

## Summary

- DeepSeek V3 and Sakana Namazu do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | DeepSeek V3 | Sakana Namazu |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | DeepSeek | Sakana AI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 41.49 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.27 / $1.10 | $0.95 / $4.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 36.7 (Estimated · #130/152)
- Sakana Namazu public-lane score: Coming soon

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #118/151)
- Sakana Namazu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Sakana Namazu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench | 37.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 42% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 41.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Sakana Namazu public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.3 (Estimated · #137/183)
- Sakana Namazu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Sakana Namazu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 75.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 39.9 (#104/123)
- Sakana Namazu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Sakana Namazu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- DeepSeek V3 public-lane score: 26.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Sakana Namazu public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3 | Sakana Namazu | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 1.724% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare DeepSeek V3 and Sakana Namazu on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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