Model comparison
Qwen3-4B vs StarCoder 2 15B
Qwen3-4B has enough public results to be ranked (#264); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
NVIDIASide by side
| Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 15B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2025-04-29 | 2024-02-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: —, StarCoder 2 15B: 36.6
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 37.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 35.7% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 105 |
| WinoGrande | — | 64.3% |
Math Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 38.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 52.2% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 57.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208), StarCoder 2 15B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 52.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 47.2% |
| MMLU | — | 64.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3-4B better than StarCoder 2 15B?
Qwen3-4B has enough public results to be ranked (#264); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3-4B and StarCoder 2 15B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-4B has 6 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.