# DeepSeek Coder 33B vs Granite 3.1 2b Instruct

> Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#243); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-33b-vs-granite-3-1-2b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek Coder 33B leads 37.4 to 32.9.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 32.6 |
| Rank | — | 243 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: 37.4 (#180)
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 32.9 (#255)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1149 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 51.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75% | — |
| MBPP+ | 70.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 21.0 (#206)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1138 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 95.74 | — |
| WinoGrande | 62% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.6 (#206)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1159 |
| GSM8K | 35.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 30.3 (#223)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1131 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.2% | — |
| MMLU | 39.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 29.2 (#264)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1068 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1138 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1063 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 58.0 (#259)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1116 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 35.0 (#239)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1155 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 3.1 2b Instruct: 34.3 (#269)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 3.1 2b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1127 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1116 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1099 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B better than Granite 3.1 2b Instruct?

Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#243); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B or Granite 3.1 2b Instruct better for coding?

DeepSeek Coder 33B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 33B and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 33B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Granite 3.1 2b Instruct has 12.