Model comparison
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B vs StarCoder 2 7B
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B has enough public results to be ranked (#339); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
NVIDIASummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 7B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where StarCoder 2 7B leads 34.8 to 21.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 7.9% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B and 27.7% for StarCoder 2 7B.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B | StarCoder 2 7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 26.1 | 37.0 |
| Released | 2025-01-20 | 2024-02-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 5 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding StarCoder 2 7B leads
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 21.8 (#336), StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | 7.9% | 27.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 7% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 29.9% |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 19.2 (#262), StarCoder 2 7B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 93.56 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 23.0 (#274), StarCoder 2 7B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 21.4% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 32.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B: 16.0 (#290), StarCoder 2 7B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33.6% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 38.7% |
| MMLU | — | 38.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B better than StarCoder 2 7B?
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B has enough public results to be ranked (#339); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?
StarCoder 2 7B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.8 versus 21.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B and StarCoder 2 7B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B has 5 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.