Model comparison

DeepSeek Coder 6.7B vs StarCoder 2 15B

Neither DeepSeek Coder 6.7B nor StarCoder 2 15B has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.

Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek Coder 6.7B DeepSeek

37.6

Unranked Sparse

StarCoder 2 15B NVIDIA

38.1

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 15B 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 38.4% for StarCoder 2 15B.

Side by side

DeepSeek Coder 6.7B and StarCoder 2 15B specifications
DeepSeek Coder 6.7BStarCoder 2 15B
ProviderDeepSeekNVIDIA
Noometry Index37.638.1
Released2023-11-022024-02-20
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked97

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: 35.8 (#219), StarCoder 2 15B: 36.6

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek Coder 6.7BStarCoder 2 15B
BigCodeBench Complete43.8%38.4%
HumanEval+71.3%37.8%
BigCodeBench Instruct35.5%—
MBPP+65.6%—

Reasoning Not comparable

DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —, StarCoder 2 15B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek Coder 6.7BStarCoder 2 15B
Epoch Capabilities Index89.62105
WinoGrande57.6%64.3%

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —, StarCoder 2 15B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek Coder 6.7BStarCoder 2 15B
GSM8K21.3%57.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —, StarCoder 2 15B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek Coder 6.7BStarCoder 2 15B
ARC (AI2) Challenge36.4%47.2%
MMLU36.4%64.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B better than StarCoder 2 15B?

Neither DeepSeek Coder 6.7B nor StarCoder 2 15B has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.

Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B or StarCoder 2 15B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.8 vs 36.6); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 6.7B and StarCoder 2 15B share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B has 9 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.

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