# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Granite 3.0 8b Instruct

> Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#270); 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-3-0-8b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 2

## Summary

- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 1 category and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 22.8% for DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and 29.3% for Granite 3.0 8b Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 31.6 |
| Rank | — | 270 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | 29.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | 35.4% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1112 |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1092 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 63.6 | — |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1143 |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1087 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1037 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1063 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1060 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1088 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1122 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1096 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1071 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1063 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Granite 3.0 8b Instruct?

Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#270); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.2 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14.