DeepSeek Coder 2.0 vs o1-pro

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

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 73 to 33. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1-pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $150.00 input / $600.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.27 input / $1.10 output per 1M tokens for DeepSeek Coder 2.0. That is roughly 545.5x on output cost alone. o1-pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. o1-pro gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for DeepSeek Coder 2.0.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek Coder 2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you need the larger 200K context window.

Knowledge

o1-pro

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

66.3

o1-pro

79

80
MMLU
-
79
GPQA
79
77
SuperGPQA
-
75
OpenBookQA
-
73
MMLU-Pro
-
14
HLE
-

Coding

DeepSeek Coder 2.0
82
HumanEval
-
51
SWE-bench Verified
-
45
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o1-pro

DeepSeek Coder 2.0

80.1

o1-pro

86

81
AIME 2023
-
83
AIME 2024
86
82
AIME 2025
-
77
HMMT Feb 2023
-
79
HMMT Feb 2024
-
78
HMMT Feb 2025
-
80
BRUMO 2025
-
81
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

DeepSeek Coder 2.0
78
SimpleQA
-
76
MuSR
-
84
BBH
-

Instruction Following

DeepSeek Coder 2.0
86
IFEval
-

Multilingual

DeepSeek Coder 2.0
83
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or o1-pro?

DeepSeek Coder 2.0 is ahead overall, 73 to 33. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2024, where the scores are 83 and 86.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79 versus 66.3. DeepSeek Coder 2.0 stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek Coder 2.0 or o1-pro?

o1-pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 86 versus 80.1. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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