# DeepSeek Coder 6.7B vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

> Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#36); 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-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- 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 Max Preview in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 48.6 to 35.2.
- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 37.1 | 51.1 |
| Rank | — | 36 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $7.80 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: 35.2 (#216)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 35.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1472 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 43.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 71.3% | — |
| MBPP+ | 65.6% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.88 | 149.27 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1457 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| WinoGrande | 57.6% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
| GSM8K | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1476 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 36.4% | — |
| MMLU | 36.4% | — |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1444 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1452 |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1437 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1457 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek Coder 6.7B: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 6.7B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1456 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#36); DeepSeek Coder 6.7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is DeepSeek Coder 6.7B or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 6.7B and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 6.7B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.