# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Qwen1.5-7B

> Qwen1.5-7B has enough public results to be ranked (#273); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-1-3b-vs-qwen1-5-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 1 category, but none of those gaps is larger than the uncertainty.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 31.4 |
| Rank | — | 273 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)
- Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1107 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1065 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 63.6 | — |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1080 |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 25.8% | 62.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1055 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1006 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1058 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1090 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1062 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Qwen1.5-7B?

Qwen1.5-7B has enough public results to be ranked (#273); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (31.2 vs 32.2); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Qwen1.5-7B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.