Model comparison

Qwen1.5-7B vs StarCoder 2 3B

Qwen1.5-7B has enough public results to be ranked (#270); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Qwen1.5-7B Alibaba (Qwen)

30.8

Rank #270 Confirmed

StarCoder 2 3B NVIDIA

35.8

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen1.5-7B scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.

Side by side

Qwen1.5-7B and StarCoder 2 3B specifications
Qwen1.5-7BStarCoder 2 3B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)NVIDIA
Noometry Index30.835.8
Released2024-02-042024-02-22
WeightsOpenOpen
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Max output——
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Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked137

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Category by category

Coding StarCoder 2 3B leads

Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271), StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Coding1107—
BigCodeBench Complete—21.4%
HumanEval+—27.4%

Reasoning Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Hard Prompts1066—
Epoch Capabilities Index—88.01
WinoGrande—57.1%

Math Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Math1080—
GSM8K—21.6%

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BStarCoder 2 3B
MMLU62.6%36.6%
LMArena Expert1055—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—34.2%

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Non-English1058—
LMArena Chinese1140—
LMArena Russian1006—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Instruction Following1058—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Longer Query1090—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288), StarCoder 2 3B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen1.5-7BStarCoder 2 3B
LMArena Text1084—
LMArena Creative Writing1035—
LMArena Multi-Turn1061—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen1.5-7B better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Qwen1.5-7B has enough public results to be ranked (#270); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Qwen1.5-7B or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-7B and StarCoder 2 3B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen1.5-7B has 13 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.

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