# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Granite 3.1 8b Instruct

> Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#256); 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-3-1-8b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Granite 3.1 8b Instruct leads 33.9 to 30.7.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 34.5 | 31.8 |
| Rank | — | 256 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 30.7 (#282)
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1186 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.1% |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1146 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 62.18 | — |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1152 |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1142 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1099 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1145 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1092 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1131 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1162 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1150 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1129 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1108 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Granite 3.1 8b Instruct?

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#256); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better for coding?

Granite 3.1 8b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.9 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13.