Model comparison
Claude 2.1 vs StarCoder 2 3B
Claude 2.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#345); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIASummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2.1 scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where StarCoder 2 3B leads 33.5 to 26.2.
- StarCoder 2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2.1 | StarCoder 2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 36.3 |
| Released | 2023-11-21 | 2024-02-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding StarCoder 2 3B leads
Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327), StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | 88.76 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 73.5% | 36.6% |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2.1 better than StarCoder 2 3B?
Claude 2.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#345); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Claude 2.1 or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?
StarCoder 2 3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.5 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and StarCoder 2 3B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.