Model comparison
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#43); 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 Max Preview in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 48.7 to 31.2.
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 51.5 |
| Released | 2023-11-02 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 29 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1471 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 63.6 | 149.24 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1457 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1478 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1438 |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#43); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.