# Claude 2 vs StarCoder 2 7B

> Claude 2 has enough public results to be ranked (#346); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-starcoder-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both.
- StarCoder 2 7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 37.0 |
| Rank | 346 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | 29.9% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 27.7% |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 21.7 (#216)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 93.56 |
| DTBench | 51.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Claude 2: 9.3 (#320)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 32.7% |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 16.9 (#287)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 78.5% | 38.8% |
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 38.7% |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Claude 2 has enough public results to be ranked (#346); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and StarCoder 2 7B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.