Model comparison

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) DeepSeek

37.6

Rank #200 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B Alibaba (Qwen)

33.4

Rank #245 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads 31.7 to 22.6.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B specifications
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index37.633.4
Released2024-09-062024-09-18
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—33K
Max output—29K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.66
Output $ / M tokens—$1
Results tracked2231

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.6 (#333)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
Aider Polyglot17.8%16.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct48.6%49%
LMArena Coding13091276
BigCodeBench Complete53.2%58%
HumanEval+83.5%87.2%
MBPP+74.1%77%
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)—9%
LiveBench Coding—56.9%

Reasoning DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 21.2 (#225)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Hard Prompts12891251
LiveBench Reasoning—42.1%
LiveBench Data Analysis—49.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index—119.49
HellaSwag—83%
LiveBench—46.2%
WinoGrande—80.8%

Math DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.3 (#204)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Math12881251
LiveBench Math—46.6%
GSM8K—93%

Knowledge DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 33.4 (#203)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Expert12661221
ARC (AI2) Challenge—70.5%
MMLU—79.1%

Multilingual DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) leads

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.8 (#235)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Non-English12731205
LMArena Chinese13181222
LMArena Russian12891228
LMArena French1289—
LMArena German1258—
LMArena Japanese1228—
LMArena Korean1209—
LMArena Spanish1248—

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.4 (#245)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Instruction Following12801223
LiveBench Instruction Following—58.7%

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#208)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Longer Query13011251

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

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.6 (#240)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
LMArena Text12941230
LMArena Creative Writing12851174
LMArena Multi-Turn12971222
LiveBench Language—23.3%

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.6 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 31.7 versus 22.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.

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