# DeepSeek Coder 33B vs Granite 4.2 8B

> Granite 4.2 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#148); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-33b-vs-granite-4-2-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | IBM |
| Noometry Index | 38.9 | 40.5 |
| Rank | — | 148 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.06 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: 38.0 (#184)
- Granite 4.2 8B: 40.5 (#137)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1380 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 51.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75% | — |
| MBPP+ | 70.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 4.2 8B: 26.6 (#131)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1329 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 96.32 | — |
| WinoGrande | 62% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 4.2 8B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 35.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 4.2 8B: 38.4 (#145)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1384 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.2% | — |
| MMLU | 39.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 4.2 8B: 44.5 (#178)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1302 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1366 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1285 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 4.2 8B: 68.7 (#184)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1301 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 4.2 8B: 40.3 (#159)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1324 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Granite 4.2 8B: 49.6 (#189)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Granite 4.2 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1320 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1236 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1301 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B better than Granite 4.2 8B?

Granite 4.2 8B has enough public results to be ranked (#148); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B or Granite 4.2 8B better for coding?

Granite 4.2 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 38.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 33B and Granite 4.2 8B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 33B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.2 8B has 11.