Model comparison

Deepseek Coder v2 vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Deepseek Coder v2 DeepSeek

35.9

Rank #220 Confirmed

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct IBM

30.8

Rank #286 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 8 categories and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Deepseek Coder v2 leads 38.1 to 28.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 48.2% for Deepseek Coder v2 and 20.5% for Granite 3.0 2b Instruct.

Side by side

Deepseek Coder v2 and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct specifications
Deepseek Coder v2Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
ProviderDeepSeekIBM
Noometry Index35.930.8
Released2024-06-17—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2413

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Category by category

Coding Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct48.2%20.5%
LMArena Coding12511090
BigCodeBench Complete59.7%—
HumanEval+82.3%—
MBPP+75.1%—

Reasoning Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts12071073
WinoGrande83.7%—

Math Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Math12411117
GSM8K94.5%—

Knowledge Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Expert11811064
ARC (AI2) Challenge64.3%—

Multilingual Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Non-English11821033
LMArena Chinese12011070
LMArena Russian11881045
LMArena French1185—
LMArena German1164—
LMArena Japanese1126—
LMArena Korean1104—
LMArena Spanish1153—

Instruction Following Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following11801056

Long Context Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query12191070

Writing & Preference Deepseek Coder v2 leads

Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253), Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepseek Coder v2Granite 3.0 2b Instruct
LMArena Text11911080
LMArena Creative Writing11201046
LMArena Multi-Turn11771053

Frequently asked questions

Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Deepseek Coder v2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Deepseek Coder v2 or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.

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