Model comparison

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Qwen1.5-32B

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.6

Rank #200 Confirmed

Qwen1.5-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.5

Rank #293 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen1.5-32B in 0 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 34.8 to 13.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Instruct: 48.6% for DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and 32.3% for Qwen1.5-32B.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Qwen1.5-32B specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen1.5-32B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.630.5
Released2024-09-062024-02-04
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2221

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.7 (#282)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen1.5-32B
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%32.3%
LMArena Coding13091155
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%42%
Aider Polyglot17.8%—
HumanEval+83.5%—
MBPP+74.1%—

Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Qwen1.5-32B: 21.8 (#212)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts12891130

Math DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Qwen1.5-32B: 33.0 (#207)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Math12881155

Knowledge DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Qwen1.5-32B: 13.5 (#296)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Expert12661126
GPQA Diamond—30.7%
MMLU—74.4%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Qwen1.5-32B: 31.4 (#259)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Non-English12731106
LMArena Chinese13181177
LMArena French12891101
LMArena German12581058
LMArena Japanese12281027
LMArena Korean12091008
LMArena Russian12891073
LMArena Spanish12481089

Instruction Following DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Qwen1.5-32B: 57.7 (#265)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Instruction Following12801116

Long Context DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.7 (#246)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Longer Query13011146

Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Qwen1.5-32B: 34.2 (#271)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen1.5-32B
LMArena Text12941137
LMArena Creative Writing12851083
LMArena Multi-Turn12971140

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Qwen1.5-32B?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 30.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Qwen1.5-32B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (31.7 vs 31.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Qwen1.5-32B share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-32B has 21.

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