Model comparison
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Qwen3.5-9B
Qwen3.5-9B has enough public results to be ranked (#236); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5-9B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.5-9B leads 35.9 to 31.2.
Side by side
| DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.5-9B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 33.8 |
| Released | 2023-11-02 | 2026-02-23 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.10 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5-9B leads
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287), Qwen3.5-9B: 35.9 (#217)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 14.5 (#151)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 23.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 63.6 | 139.46 |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 34.8 (#192)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#84)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 79% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Qwen3.5-9B?
Qwen3.5-9B has enough public results to be ranked (#236); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Qwen3.5-9B better for coding?
Qwen3.5-9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Qwen3.5-9B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.