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Claude 2.1 vs DeepSeek Coder

Anthropic Claude 2.1 vs DeepSeek DeepSeek Coder — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude 2.1
DeepSeek
DeepSeek Coder
Overview
CompanyAnthropicDeepSeek
Release dateNov 21 2023Nov 2 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapDeepSeek Coder shipped 19 days before Claude 2.1

Which is better: Claude 2.1 or DeepSeek Coder?

Claude 2.1 and DeepSeek Coder do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. DeepSeek Coder shipped 19 days before Claude 2.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek Coder is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude 2.1 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude 2.1 released?
Claude 2.1 was released by Anthropic on Nov 21 2023.
When was DeepSeek Coder released?
DeepSeek Coder was released by DeepSeek on Nov 2 2023.
Is Claude 2.1 or DeepSeek Coder open source?
DeepSeek Coder is an open-source / open-weight model released by DeepSeek. Claude 2.1 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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