# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B

> Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has enough public results to be ranked (#239); 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-coder-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek Coder 1.3B leads 30.7 to 22.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 29.6% for DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and 58% for Qwen2.5-Coder-32B.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.5 | 32.9 |
| Rank | — | 239 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.66 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 30.7 (#282)
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 22.4 (#328)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | 49% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | 58% |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | 87.2% |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | 77% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 9% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 16.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 56.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1276 |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 20.4 (#220)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 62.18 | 119.41 |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | 80.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 42.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1251 |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 49.9% |
| HellaSwag | — | 83% |
| LiveBench | — | 46.2% |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 30.8 (#203)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 4.4% | 93% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 46.6% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1251 |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 32.9 (#200)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | 70.5% |
| MMLU | 25.8% | 79.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1221 |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 38.0 (#230)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1222 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1228 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 61.6 (#240)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 58.7% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1223 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 37.9 (#204)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1251 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 41.8 (#235)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1230 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1174 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1222 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 23.3% |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Qwen2.5-Coder-32B?

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has enough public results to be ranked (#239); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?

DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.7 versus 22.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B has 31.