DeepSeek Coder 2.0 vs Grok 3 Mini

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 43 to 23. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek Coder 2.0's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 76.9 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 78% to 21.7%.

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens for Grok 3 Mini. That is roughly 2.2x on output cost alone.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek Coder 2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

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Coding

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

82

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

82%
HumanEval
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LiveCodeBench
41.5%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

76.9

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

78%
SimpleQA
21.7%
76%
MuSR
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Knowledge

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

78

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

80%
MMLU
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79%
GPQA
66.2%
77%
SuperGPQA
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75%
OpenBookQA
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MMLU-Pro
78.9%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

80

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

81%
AIME 2023
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83%
AIME 2024
39.7%
82%
AIME 2025
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77%
HMMT Feb 2023
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79%
HMMT Feb 2024
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78%
HMMT Feb 2025
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80%
BRUMO 2025
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is ahead overall, 43 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 78% and 21.7%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78 versus 74.1. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or Grok 3 Mini?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 76.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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