Model comparison

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs StarCoder 2 3B

Neither DeepSeek Coder 1.3B nor StarCoder 2 3B has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.

Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B DeepSeek

34.5

Unranked Sparse

StarCoder 2 3B NVIDIA

35.8

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 29.6% for DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and 21.4% for StarCoder 2 3B.

Side by side

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and StarCoder 2 3B specifications
DeepSeek Coder 1.3BStarCoder 2 3B
ProviderDeepSeekNVIDIA
Noometry Index34.535.8
Released2023-11-022024-02-22
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked97

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Category by category

Coding StarCoder 2 3B leads

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 30.7 (#282), StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek Coder 1.3BStarCoder 2 3B
BigCodeBench Complete29.6%21.4%
HumanEval+60.4%27.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct22.8%—
MBPP+54.8%—

Reasoning Not comparable

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, StarCoder 2 3B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek Coder 1.3BStarCoder 2 3B
Epoch Capabilities Index62.1888.01
WinoGrande53.3%57.1%

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, StarCoder 2 3B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek Coder 1.3BStarCoder 2 3B
GSM8K4.4%21.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, StarCoder 2 3B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek Coder 1.3BStarCoder 2 3B
ARC (AI2) Challenge25.4%34.2%
MMLU25.8%36.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Neither DeepSeek Coder 1.3B nor StarCoder 2 3B has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.

Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and StarCoder 2 3B share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.

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