Model comparison
DeepSeek Coder 33B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#291); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 33B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 1 category, but none of those gaps is larger than the uncertainty.
Side by side
| DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.3 | 29.7 |
| Released | 2023-11-02 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
DeepSeek Coder 33B: 37.4 (#180), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.1 (#165)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42% | 45% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 51.1% | 52.3% |
| HumanEval+ | 75% | — |
| MBPP+ | 70.1% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 18.5 (#262)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 95.74 | 128.52 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| WinoGrande | 62% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 15.3 (#289)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |
| GSM8K | 35.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#259)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.2% | — |
| MMLU | 39.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Coder 33B better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#291); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek Coder 33B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (37.4 vs 38.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 33B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 33B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.