# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

> Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has enough public results to be ranked (#196); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

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

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 leads 36.4 to 30.7.
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 34.5 | 37.0 |
| Rank | — | 196 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 30.7 (#282)
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 36.4 (#194)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1269 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1255 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 62.18 | — |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1265 |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1238 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1257 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1262 |
| LMArena French | — | 1285 |
| LMArena German | — | 1273 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1213 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1195 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1261 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1278 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1245 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1267 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1281 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1242 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1265 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has enough public results to be ranked (#196); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.