Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs DeepSeek Coder 1.3B
Claude 2.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#345); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek Coder 1.3B leads 31.2 to 26.2.
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 35.0 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2023-11-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 9 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek Coder 1.3B leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 22.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 29.6% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 60.4% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.8% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | 63.6 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 53.3% |
Math Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 4.4% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 73.5% | 25.8% |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 25.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than DeepSeek Coder 1.3B?
Claude 2.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#345); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Claude 2.1 or DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better for coding?
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9.