Model comparison
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct vs StarCoder 2 15B
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#297); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
NVIDIASummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 15B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 52.3% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct and 38.4% for StarCoder 2 15B.
Side by side
| Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | StarCoder 2 15B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.1 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2024-09 | 2024-02-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.70 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.80 | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169), StarCoder 2 15B: 36.6
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.3% | 38.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 37.8% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 128.52 | 105 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 64.3% |
Math Not comparable
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 7.4% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 56.1% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 57.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 46.1% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 47.2% |
| MMLU | — | 64.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better than StarCoder 2 15B?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#297); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Qwen2.5 32B Instruct or StarCoder 2 15B better for coding?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 36.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5 32B Instruct and StarCoder 2 15B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.