# DeepSeek Coder 6.7B vs Deepseek Coder v2

> Deepseek Coder v2 has enough public results to be ranked (#220); DeepSeek Coder 6.7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-6-7b-vs-deepseek-coder-v2
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 7

## Summary

- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B scores higher in 0 categories and Deepseek Coder v2 in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 43.8% for DeepSeek Coder 6.7B and 59.7% for Deepseek Coder v2.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 35.9 |
| Rank | — | 220 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: 35.8 (#219)
- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 35.5% | 48.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 43.8% | 59.7% |
| HumanEval+ | 71.3% | 82.3% |
| MBPP+ | 65.6% | 75.1% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1251 |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| WinoGrande | 57.6% | 83.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1207 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.62 | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 21.3% | 94.5% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1241 |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 36.4% | 64.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1181 |
| MMLU | 36.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1182 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1201 |
| LMArena French | — | 1185 |
| LMArena German | — | 1164 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1126 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1104 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1153 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Deepseek Coder v2: 61.7 (#242)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1180 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1219 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Deepseek Coder v2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1120 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1177 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B better than Deepseek Coder v2?

Deepseek Coder v2 has enough public results to be ranked (#220); DeepSeek Coder 6.7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B or Deepseek Coder v2 better for coding?

Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 6.7B and Deepseek Coder v2 share?

7 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Deepseek Coder v2 has 24.