Model comparison
Qwen3-1.7B vs StarCoder 2 15B
Qwen3-1.7B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
NVIDIASide by side
| Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 15B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 26.2 | 37.5 |
| Released | 2025-04-29 | 2024-02-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen3-1.7B: —, StarCoder 2 15B: 36.0
| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 37.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 28.4% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 104.61 |
| WinoGrande | — | 64.3% |
Math Not comparable
Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 8.1% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 57.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 38% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 47.2% |
| MMLU | — | 64.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3-1.7B better than StarCoder 2 15B?
Qwen3-1.7B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3-1.7B and StarCoder 2 15B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-1.7B has 4 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.