# Claude Instant vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Neither Claude Instant nor StarCoder 2 3B has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-instant-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both.
- StarCoder 2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude Instant | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.5 | 36.3 |
| Rank | — | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude Instant: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: 33.5

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 50.6% | 27.4% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |

## Reasoning

- Claude Instant: 19.6
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.28 | 88.76 |
| DTBench | 45.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Claude Instant: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 86.7% | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Claude Instant: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 86.3% | 34.2% |
| MMLU | 73.4% | 36.6% |
| TriviaQA | 78.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Claude Instant better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Neither Claude Instant nor StarCoder 2 3B has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.

### How many benchmarks do Claude Instant and StarCoder 2 3B share?

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