Model comparison
DeepSeek Coder 33B vs Sonar
Sonar has enough public results to be ranked (#184); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- DeepSeek Coder 33B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 37.8 |
| Released | 2023-11-02 | 2024-01-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek Coder 33B leads
DeepSeek Coder 33B: 37.4 (#180), Sonar: 35.1 (#217)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 51.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75% | — |
| MBPP+ | 70.1% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Sonar: 20.3 (#221)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 95.74 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
| WinoGrande | 62% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Sonar: 31.3 (#197)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| GSM8K | 35.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Sonar: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.2% | — |
| MMLU | 39.4% | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Sonar: 71.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Sonar: 52.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Coder 33B better than Sonar?
Sonar has enough public results to be ranked (#184); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek Coder 33B or Sonar better for coding?
DeepSeek Coder 33B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 33B and Sonar share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 33B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.