# DeepSeek Coder 33B vs Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13

> Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has enough public results to be ranked (#196); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-33b-vs-grok-2-mini
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- DeepSeek Coder 33B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | xAI |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 37.0 |
| Rank | — | 196 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: 37.4 (#180)
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 36.4 (#194)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1269 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 51.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75% | — |
| MBPP+ | 70.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 23.7 (#162)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1255 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 95.74 | — |
| WinoGrande | 62% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 32.8 (#185)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1265 |
| GSM8K | 35.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 33.4 (#195)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1238 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.2% | — |
| MMLU | 39.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 41.6 (#203)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | 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 33B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 65.7 (#215)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1245 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 38.4 (#191)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1267 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13: 47.5 (#207)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1281 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1242 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1265 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B better than Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13?

Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has enough public results to be ranked (#196); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B or Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (37.4 vs 36.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 33B and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 33B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Grok 2 Mini 2024 08 13 has 17.