Model comparison
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has enough public results to be ranked (#194); 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 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads 36.7 to 30.7.
Side by side
| DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.5 | 37.2 |
| Released | 2023-11-02 | 2026-04-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.49 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 35B-A3B leads
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 30.7 (#282), Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 36.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 21.9 (#126)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 27.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 62.18 | 143.92 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.9 (#90)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.4 (#63)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has enough public results to be ranked (#194); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.7 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.