# Codestral vs DeepSeek Coder 1.3B

> Codestral has enough public results to be ranked (#290); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/codestral-vs-deepseek-coder-1-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Codestral scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek Coder 1.3B leads 31.2 to 27.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 52.5% for Codestral and 29.6% for DeepSeek Coder 1.3B.
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Codestral | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 35.0 |
| Rank | 290 | — |
| Context | 256K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.30 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.90 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Codestral: 27.3 (#321)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)

| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | 22.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | 29.6% |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | 60.4% |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | 54.8% |
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | — |

## Reasoning

- Codestral: 19.8 (#251)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 63.6 |
| WinoGrande | — | 53.3% |

## Math

- Codestral: —
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | — | 4.4% |

## Knowledge

- Codestral: —
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Codestral | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 25.4% |
| MMLU | — | 25.8% |

## FAQ

### Is Codestral better than DeepSeek Coder 1.3B?

Codestral has enough public results to be ranked (#290); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Codestral or DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better for coding?

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 27.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Codestral and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9.