# DeepSeek Coder 33B vs Sonar

> Sonar has enough public results to be ranked (#184); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-33b-vs-sonar
- 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 | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 37.8 |
| Rank | — | 184 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $1 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: 37.4 (#180)
- Sonar: 35.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 51.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75% | — |
| MBPP+ | 70.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Sonar: 20.3 (#221)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 95.74 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |
| WinoGrande | 62% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Sonar: 31.3 (#197)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| GSM8K | 35.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.2% | — |
| MMLU | 39.4% | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Sonar: 71.5 (#146)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 33B: —
- Sonar: 52.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B better than Sonar?

Sonar has enough public results to be ranked (#184); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 33B or Sonar better for coding?

DeepSeek Coder 33B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.4 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 33B and Sonar share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 33B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.