Model comparison
DeepSeek Coder 6.7B vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has enough public results to be ranked (#226); DeepSeek Coder 6.7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeekSummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B in 1 category, but none of those gaps is larger than the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 43.8% for DeepSeek Coder 6.7B and 54.9% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B.
Side by side
| DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 35.5 |
| Released | 2023-11-02 | 2025-01-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 9 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: 35.8 (#219), DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 36.1 (#212)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 35.5% | 43.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 43.8% | 54.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 33.7% |
| HumanEval+ | 71.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 65.6% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 28.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 19.5% |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 18.2 (#284)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.62 | 137.44 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 52.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 45.4% |
| LiveBench | — | 45.5% |
| WinoGrande | 57.6% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 34.5 (#194)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 55.6% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 59.4% |
| GSM8K | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 35.7 (#182)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 64.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 36.4% | — |
| MMLU | 36.4% | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 61.6 (#243)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 55.7% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —, DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 49.6 (#188)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | — | 26.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B better than DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B?
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has enough public results to be ranked (#226); DeepSeek Coder 6.7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (35.8 vs 36.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 6.7B and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B has 9 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has 14.