DeepSeek-V3 vs Granite 4.1 30B
Wins 4 of 6 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Following instructions
DeepSeek-V3 is the stronger all-rounder.Granite 4.1 30B is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 30 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- CodingWriting and fixing software30DeepSeek-V33 of 3 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20DeepSeek-V32 of 2 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking10DeepSeek-V31 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10DeepSeek-V31 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Granite 4.1 30B1 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own00Even0 each · 2 ties
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where DeepSeek-V3 pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+17.4points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+17points ahead
- Command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench 2.1+14.3points ahead
Where Granite 4.1 30B pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+3.4points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 30 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingDeepSeek-V3
- Terminal-Bench 2.1DeepSeek-V3 by 14.316.92.6+14.3
- SciCodeDeepSeek-V3 by 13.23925.8+13.2
- Terminal-Bench HardDeepSeek-V3 by 12.915.22.3+12.9
ReasoningDeepSeek-V3
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-V3 by 17.465.548.1+17.4
- Humanity's Last Examtie4.74.1tie
- CritPttie00tie
FactsDeepSeek-V3
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyDeepSeek-V3 by 11.525.413.9+11.5
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationDeepSeek-V3 by 9.114.15+9.1
Following instructionsGranite 4.1 30B
- IFBenchGranite 4.1 30B by 3.44144.4+3.4
Other results18 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceDeepSeek-V3 by 27.1-40.7-67.8+27.1
- HumanEvalGranite 4.1 30B by 23.265.288.4+23.2
- MultiPL-EDeepSeek-V3 by 20.883.162.3+20.8
- Arena HardDeepSeek-V3 by 20.491.471+20.4
- SimpleQADeepSeek-V3 by 18.124.96.8+18.1
- CRUXEval-O (output prediction)DeepSeek-V3 by 1469.855.8+14
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexDeepSeek-V3 by 12.62310.4+12.6
- MMLU-ProDeepSeek-V3 by 11.875.964.1+11.8
- MBPPGranite 4.1 30B by 10.175.485.5+10.1
- MGSMDeepSeek-V3 by 8.779.871.1+8.7
- MMLUDeepSeek-V3 by 8.388.580.2+8.3
- MMMLUDeepSeek-V3 by 5.779.473.7+5.7
- MBPP+ (EvalPlus-augmented)DeepSeek-V3 by 5.378.873.5+5.3
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)DeepSeek-V3 by 547.142.1+5
- BBHDeepSeek-V3 by 3.887.583.7+3.8
- IFEval (avg)Granite 4.1 30B by 2.487.389.7+2.4
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-V3 by 2.39.77.4+2.3
- GSM8Ktie9494.2tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-V3 or Granite 4.1 30B?
DeepSeek-V3 wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts and long documents. Granite 4.1 30B wins following instructions. They are level on agents.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-V3. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Granite 4.1 30B wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 30 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 12 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 18 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.