# DeepSeek Coder 6.7B vs Qwen3.6 35B-A3B

> Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has enough public results to be ranked (#201); DeepSeek Coder 6.7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-6-7b-vs-qwen3-6-35b-a3b
- 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 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 37.6 |
| Rank | — | 201 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.49 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: 35.8 (#219)
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 37.2 (#196)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.8% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 35.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 43.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 71.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 65.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 22.1 (#134)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 23% |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 28.0 (#109)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.62 | 143.93 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 41.6% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 26% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 22% |
| DTBench | — | 73.9% |
| LMCA | — | 29.7% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 44.4% |
| WinoGrande | 57.6% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 38.9 (#121)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 20.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| GSM8K | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 35B-A3B: 51.3 (#68)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 35B-A3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 36.4% | — |
| MMLU | 36.4% | — |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B better than Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has enough public results to be ranked (#201); DeepSeek Coder 6.7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B or Qwen3.6 35B-A3B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 35B-A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.2 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 6.7B and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 35B-A3B has 14.