Model comparison
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 55.3 to 49.8.
Side by side
| DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2024-09-06 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Too close to call
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1288 | 1365 |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | 1338 |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1318 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1289 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1258 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | 1355 |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1365 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.6 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.