Model comparison
DeepSeek Coder 33B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has enough public results to be ranked (#155); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
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DeepSeek
NVIDIASide by side
| DeepSeek Coder 33B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 38.9 | 40.0 |
| Released | 2023-11-02 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
DeepSeek Coder 33B: 38.0 (#184), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1375 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 51.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75% | — |
| MBPP+ | 70.1% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1337 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 96.32 | — |
| WinoGrande | 62% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
| GSM8K | 35.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1356 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.2% | — |
| MMLU | 39.4% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1359 |
| LMArena French | — | 1366 |
| LMArena German | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1345 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1318 |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1254 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1328 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Coder 33B better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has enough public results to be ranked (#155); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek Coder 33B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 38.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 33B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 33B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.