# DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) vs StarCoder 2 15B

> Neither DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) nor StarCoder 2 15B has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v2-vs-starcoder-2-15b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 15B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) leads 39.8 to 36.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 59.4% for DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) and 38.4% for StarCoder 2 15B.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 39.7 | 37.5 |
| Rank | — | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): 39.8 (#141)
- StarCoder 2 15B: 36.0

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.4% | 38.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 37.8% |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 124.78 | 104.61 |
| WinoGrande | 86.3% | 64.3% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 78.8% | — |
| HellaSwag | 87.1% | — |
| PIQA | 83.9% | — |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | — | 57.7% |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024): —
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 92.2% | 47.2% |
| MMLU | 78.4% | 64.1% |
| TriviaQA | 80% | — |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) better than StarCoder 2 15B?

Neither DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) nor StarCoder 2 15B has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.

### Is DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) or StarCoder 2 15B better for coding?

DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.8 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) and StarCoder 2 15B share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2 (MoE-236B, May 2024) has 10 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.