# Command R+ vs DeepSeek Coder 1.3B

> Command R+ has enough public results to be ranked (#257); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-deepseek-coder-1-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 6

## Summary

- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 41.9% for Command R+ and 29.6% for DeepSeek Coder 1.3B.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 35.0 |
| Rank | 257 | — |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R+: 29.1 (#309)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | 22.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | 29.6% |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | 60.4% |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | 54.8% |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R+: 9.2 (#344)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 63.6 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 53.3% |

## Math

- Command R+: 28.9 (#242)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 4.4% |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 36.4 (#169)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 69.4% | 25.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 25.4% |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.6 (#227)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | — |
| LMArena French | 1209 | — |
| LMArena German | 1216 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.0 (#254)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#219)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.5 (#228)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R+ | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than DeepSeek Coder 1.3B?

Command R+ has enough public results to be ranked (#257); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Command R+ or DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better for coding?

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9.