# DeepSeek Coder 6.7B vs Qwen3.5-9B

> Qwen3.5-9B has enough public results to be ranked (#236); DeepSeek Coder 6.7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-6-7b-vs-qwen3-5-9b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5-9B in 1 category, but none of those gaps is larger than the uncertainty.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 33.8 |
| Rank | — | 236 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.10 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: 35.8 (#219)
- Qwen3.5-9B: 35.9 (#217)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 27.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 35.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 43.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 71.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 65.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.5-9B: 14.5 (#151)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 9.2% |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.5-9B: 23.1 (#182)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.62 | 139.46 |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 71.2% |
| LMCA | — | 24.5% |
| WinoGrande | 57.6% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.5-9B: 34.8 (#192)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 48.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 61.7% |
| GSM8K | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.5-9B: 46.0 (#84)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.5-9B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 79% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 36.4% | — |
| MMLU | 36.4% | — |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B better than Qwen3.5-9B?

Qwen3.5-9B has enough public results to be ranked (#236); DeepSeek Coder 6.7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B or Qwen3.5-9B better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (35.8 vs 35.9); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 6.7B and Qwen3.5-9B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5-9B has 10.