Model comparison
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Granite 4.2 3b
Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 4.2 3b leads 39.4 to 30.7.
Side by side
| DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 4.2 3b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 34.5 | 39.0 |
| Released | 2023-11-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 9 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.2 3b leads
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 30.7 (#282), Granite 4.2 3b: 39.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1363 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 25.0 (#136)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1308 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 62.18 | — |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Granite 4.2 3b: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 35.6 (#169)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1313 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 42.4 (#193)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1268 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1249 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 67.2 (#195)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1271 |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 39.3 (#179)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1293 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Granite 4.2 3b: 47.9 (#202)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 4.2 3b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1295 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1215 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1293 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Granite 4.2 3b?
Granite 4.2 3b has enough public results to be ranked (#163); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Granite 4.2 3b better for coding?
Granite 4.2 3b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Granite 4.2 3b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 3b has 11.