DeepSeek-R1 0528 vs Jamba Reasoning 3B
Wins 4 of 6 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Long documents
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Following instructions
DeepSeek-R1 0528 is the stronger all-rounder.Jamba Reasoning 3B is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 16 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the six areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30DeepSeek-R1 05283 of 3 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software20DeepSeek-R1 05282 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10DeepSeek-R1 05281 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10DeepSeek-R1 05281 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Jamba Reasoning 3B1 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Agents, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where DeepSeek-R1 0528 pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+49.4points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+48points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+34.4points ahead
Where Jamba Reasoning 3B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+14.4points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+12.8points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 16 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingDeepSeek-R1 0528
- SciCodeDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 34.440.35.9+34.4
- Terminal-Bench HardDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 15.115.90.8+15.1
ReasoningDeepSeek-R1 0528
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 4881.333.3+48
- Humanity's Last ExamDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 1215.83.8+12
- CritPtDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 1.41.40+1.4
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 23.830.56.7+23.8
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationJamba Reasoning 3B by 14.416.631+14.4
Following instructionsJamba Reasoning 3B
- IFBenchJamba Reasoning 3B by 12.839.652.4+12.8
Other results6 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 30.3-27.4-57.7+30.3
- MMLU-ProDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 248561+24
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 21.5242.5+21.5
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)DeepSeek-R1 0528 by 20.736.515.8+20.7
- AA Agentic IndexDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 15.520.85.3+15.5
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 7.413.15.7+7.4
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 0528 or Jamba Reasoning 3B?
DeepSeek-R1 0528 wins four of the six areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning and long documents. Jamba Reasoning 3B wins following instructions. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-R1 0528. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Jamba Reasoning 3B wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 16 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 10 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 6 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.