Model comparison
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs StarCoder 2 3B
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has enough public results to be ranked (#221); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
NVIDIASummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 3B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 54.9% for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and 21.4% for StarCoder 2 3B.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | StarCoder 2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 35.8 |
| Released | 2025-01-20 | 2024-02-22 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 14 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B leads
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 35.6 (#209), StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.9% | 21.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 33.7% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 27.8 (#88), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 19.5% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 17.6 (#280), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 137.43 | 88.01 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 52.3% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 45.4% | — |
| LiveBench | 45.5% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 32.9 (#183), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 55.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 59.4% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 35.7 (#167), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 61.7 (#239), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.7% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 49.6 (#185), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Language | 26.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B better than StarCoder 2 3B?
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has enough public results to be ranked (#221); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.6 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and StarCoder 2 3B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has 14 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.