DeepSeek-Coder Chat on LiveCodeBench: score, rank and what it means
DeepSeek-Coder Chat scores 69.6 on LiveCodeBench, placing it #199 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on LiveCodeBench, with DeepSeek-Coder Chat highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 2 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 5 | Grok 4 Turbo | xAI | 1000000 | $19.21 | 86.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 8 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On LiveCodeBench, DeepSeek-Coder Chat sits at #199 of 600. The leader, Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning, scores 85.1, so the gap to the top is 15.5 points. The median model in this index scores 64.7, which puts DeepSeek-Coder Chat above the midpoint.
DeepSeek models average 63.4 on this benchmark. DeepSeek-Coder Chat is 6.2 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average DeepSeek model.
Among coding models, the average is 59.3. DeepSeek-Coder Chat is 10.3 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 69.6 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $4.20 per million input tokens, DeepSeek-Coder Chat is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on LiveCodeBench. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phi-4 Instruct | Microsoft | 128000 | $3.79 | 75.3 |
| Qwen3-Coder | Alibaba Cloud | 200000 | $4.94 | 79.5 |
| Llama 3.3 Chat | Meta AI | 32768 | $4.18 | 76.9 |
| Magistral Base | Mistral AI | 65536 | $3.86 | 75.6 |
| DeepSeek-Coder Chat | DeepSeek | 200000 | $4.20 | 77.3 |
| GLM-4.6 Chat | Zhipu AI | 400000 | $4.89 | 79.8 |
| Reka Flash Pro | Reka AI | 200000 | $10.82 | 75.2 |
Other benchmarks for DeepSeek-Coder Chat
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 77.9 | 244 | 59th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 74.0 | 168 | 72th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 64.5 | 221 | 63th | |
| HumanEval | 82.5 | 173 | 71th | |
| MATH-500 | 81.6 | 174 | 71th | |
| AIME 2025 | 70.1 | 255 | 58th | |
| IFEval | 85.8 | 163 | 73th | |
| TruthfulQA | 79.9 | 180 | 70th | |
| HellaSwag | 88.1 | 137 | 77th | |
| MMMU | 76.5 | 124 | 79th | |
| Arena Elo | 1414.5 | 170 | 72th |
FAQ
What score does DeepSeek-Coder Chat get on LiveCodeBench?
DeepSeek-Coder Chat scores 69.6 on LiveCodeBench in this index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the top score is 85.1.
How does DeepSeek-Coder Chat rank on LiveCodeBench?
It ranks #199 of 600 models, in the 67th percentile. The leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Is DeepSeek-Coder Chat good at LiveCodeBench?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the LiveCodeBench score calculated?
LiveCodeBench is a coding benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does DeepSeek-Coder Chat cost?
DeepSeek-Coder Chat costs $4.20 per million input tokens and $19.27 per million output tokens.