# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Granite 3.0 2b Instruct

> Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#286); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-1-3b-vs-granite-3-0-2b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 1 category and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 30.8 |
| Rank | — | 286 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 28.3 (#316)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | 20.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1090 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 20.5 (#235)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1073 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 63.6 | — |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.2 (#217)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1117 |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.0 (#241)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1064 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 27.0 (#278)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1033 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1070 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1045 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 53.9 (#284)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1056 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 32.5 (#268)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1070 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 2b Instruct: 29.6 (#292)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1080 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1046 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1053 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Granite 3.0 2b Instruct?

Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#286); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Granite 3.0 2b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 28.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 2b Instruct has 13.