Model comparison
Qwen3 Coder Next vs StarCoder 2 7B
Qwen3 Coder Next has enough public results to be ranked (#232); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Alibaba (Qwen)
NVIDIASide by side
| Qwen3 Coder Next | StarCoder 2 7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 37.0 |
| Released | 2026-02-02 | 2024-02-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.12 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.80 | — |
| Results tracked | 3 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210), StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 32.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 34.4% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 27.7% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 29.9% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196), StarCoder 2 7B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 93.56 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
Qwen3 Coder Next: —, StarCoder 2 7B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | — | 32.7% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Qwen3 Coder Next: —, StarCoder 2 7B: —
| Benchmark | Qwen3 Coder Next | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 38.7% |
| MMLU | — | 38.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Qwen3 Coder Next better than StarCoder 2 7B?
Qwen3 Coder Next has enough public results to be ranked (#232); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Qwen3 Coder Next or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 34.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Qwen3 Coder Next and StarCoder 2 7B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3 Coder Next has 3 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.