We study planar Dirac oscillator in noncommutative phase space. The model is solved exactly. The relation between this model and Jaynes-Cummings (JC) or anti-JaynesCummings (AJC) models is investigated. We find that the behaviors of this model depend qualitatively on the signs of a dimensionless parameter κ. For a negative κ, we find that there is a map from this model to a model which contains only AJC terms. However, for a positive κ, there is a map from this model to a model which contains both AJC and JC terms simultaneously. Our investigation may afford a new way to study the noncommutative Dirac oscillator by means of quantum optics method, and vice verse.