# Deepseek Coder v2 vs StarCoder 2 7B

> Deepseek Coder v2 has enough public results to be ranked (#220); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-coder-v2-vs-starcoder-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 7B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Deepseek Coder v2 leads 38.1 to 34.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 59.7% for Deepseek Coder v2 and 27.7% for StarCoder 2 7B.

## Snapshot

| | Deepseek Coder v2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 37.0 |
| Rank | 220 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.1 (#183)
- StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.7% | 27.7% |
| HumanEval+ | 82.3% | 29.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1251 | — |
| MBPP+ | 75.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Deepseek Coder v2: 23.6 (#176)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| WinoGrande | 83.7% | 57.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1207 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 93.56 |

## Math

- Deepseek Coder v2: 34.9 (#190)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 94.5% | 32.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1241 | — |

## Knowledge

- Deepseek Coder v2: 32.3 (#212)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 64.3% | 38.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1181 | — |
| MMLU | — | 38.8% |

## Multilingual

- Deepseek Coder v2: 36.3 (#240)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 v2: 61.7 (#242)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1180 | — |

## Long Context

- Deepseek Coder v2: 37.0 (#224)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Deepseek Coder v2: 38.2 (#253)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Deepseek Coder v2 | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1120 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1177 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Deepseek Coder v2 has enough public results to be ranked (#220); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Deepseek Coder v2 or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?

Deepseek Coder v2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 34.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Deepseek Coder v2 and StarCoder 2 7B share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Deepseek Coder v2 has 24 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.