DeepSeek-R1 vs Jamba Reasoning 3B
Wins 3 of 6 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Long documents
Wins 1 of 6 areas
Following instructions
DeepSeek-R1 wins more areas, narrowly.Jamba Reasoning 3B is better at following instructions.
Scores updated · 15 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 thinking20DeepSeek-R12 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software20DeepSeek-R12 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10DeepSeek-R11 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Jamba Reasoning 3B1 of 1 test
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own00Even0 each · 1 tie
- 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 pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+51.4points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+37.5points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+32.4points ahead
Where Jamba Reasoning 3B pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+21.3points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+13.4points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 15 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingDeepSeek-R1
- SciCodeDeepSeek-R1 by 32.438.35.9+32.4
- Terminal-Bench HardDeepSeek-R1 by 5.36.10.8+5.3
ReasoningDeepSeek-R1
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-R1 by 37.570.833.3+37.5
- Humanity's Last ExamDeepSeek-R1 by 4.78.53.8+4.7
- CritPttie0.60tie
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyDeepSeek-R1 by 23.830.56.7+23.8
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationJamba Reasoning 3B by 21.39.731+21.3
Following instructionsJamba Reasoning 3B
- IFBenchJamba Reasoning 3B by 13.43952.4+13.4
Other results5 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 by 25.5-32.2-57.7+25.5
- MMLU-ProDeepSeek-R1 by 238461+23
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexDeepSeek-R1 by 22.124.62.5+22.1
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-R1 by 5.711.45.7+5.7
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Jamba Reasoning 3B by 4.411.415.8+4.4
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 or Jamba Reasoning 3B?
DeepSeek-R1 wins three of the six areas where both have results: coding, reasoning and long documents. Jamba Reasoning 3B wins following instructions. They are level on agents and facts.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-R1. 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 15 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 5 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.