# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct

> Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#222); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-1-3b-vs-llama-3-1-nemotron-51b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads 35.6 to 31.2.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 35.9 |
| Rank | — | 222 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 35.6 (#222)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1223 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 23.5 (#177)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1203 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 63.6 | — |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 34.6 (#193)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1230 |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 31.9 (#218)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1167 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.1 (#241)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1181 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1180 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1187 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 62.9 (#233)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1201 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.5 (#230)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1205 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 43.4 (#229)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1228 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1213 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1227 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#222); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct better for coding?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.6 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has 12.