# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Qwen1.5-14B

> Qwen1.5-14B has enough public results to be ranked (#250); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-1-3b-vs-qwen1-5-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-14B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.5 | 32.1 |
| Rank | — | 250 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 30.7 (#282)
- Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1138 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1113 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 62.18 | — |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1125 |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 25.8% | 68.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1094 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1095 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1147 |
| LMArena French | — | 1115 |
| LMArena German | — | 1043 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1019 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1046 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1085 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1102 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1113 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1128 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1110 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Qwen1.5-14B?

Qwen1.5-14B has enough public results to be ranked (#250); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?

Qwen1.5-14B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.5 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Qwen1.5-14B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.