# DeepSeek Coder 1.3B vs Qwen3.7 Max

> Qwen3.7 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#42); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-1-3b-vs-qwen3-7-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.7 Max in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 50.4 to 31.2.
- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.0 | 51.5 |
| Rank | — | 42 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $2.50 |
| Output $/M | — | $7.50 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: 31.2 (#287)
- Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 77.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1515 |
| SciCode | — | 48.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 22.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1498 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 29.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 1,189 |
| HumanEval+ | 60.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 54.8% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GBAEval | — | 0.4% |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 63.6 | 153.68 |
| SimpleBench | — | 70.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| CritPt | — | 13.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 19% |
| EBR-Bench | — | 9.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1483 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 32% |
| DTBench | — | 92.3% |
| LMCA | — | 44% |
| WinoGrande | 53.3% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 64.6% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 34.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 95.6% |
| ProofBench | — | 26% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1490 |
| GSM8K | 4.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 90.9% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 55.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1488 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 25.4% | — |
| MMLU | 25.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1474 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1530 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1484 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1460 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1482 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 1.3B: —
- Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 1.3B | Qwen3.7 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1449 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1110 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1481 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B better than Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#42); DeepSeek Coder 1.3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 1.3B or Qwen3.7 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 1.3B and Qwen3.7 Max share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 1.3B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.7 Max has 33.