# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

> Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#320); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-1-3b-vs-qwen2-5-7b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads 36.5 to 31.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 29.6% for DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and 46.1% for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 29.0 |
| Rank | — | 320 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.17 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.70 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | 37.6% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | 46.1% |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 63.6 | 118.51 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 2.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 25.8% | 72.9% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 35.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#320); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.