# Command R vs DeepSeek Coder 1.3B

> Command R has enough public results to be ranked (#267); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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

## Summary

- They share 3 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: 45.2% for Command R and 29.6% for DeepSeek Coder 1.3B.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 34.5 |
| Rank | 267 | — |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R: 28.8 (#301)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 30.7 (#282)

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | 22.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | 29.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1170 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 60.4% |
| MBPP+ | — | 54.8% |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.3 (#329)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 62.18 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 53.3% |

## Math

- Command R: 25.8 (#244)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 4.4% |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 30.5 (#219)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 65.2% | 25.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 25.4% |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.9 (#240)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | — |
| LMArena French | 1161 | — |
| LMArena German | 1176 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1162 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1150 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.3 (#256)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | — |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#226)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.4 (#248)
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —

| Benchmark | Command R | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |

## FAQ

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

Command R has enough public results to be ranked (#267); 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: 30.7 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9.