# Qwen1.5-7B vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Qwen1.5-7B has enough public results to be ranked (#270); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen1-5-7b-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen1.5-7B scores higher in 0 categories and StarCoder 2 3B in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen1.5-7B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 35.8 |
| Rank | 270 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen1.5-7B: 31.6 (#271)
- StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-7B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1107 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Reasoning

- Qwen1.5-7B: 19.5 (#237)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-7B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1066 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.01 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Qwen1.5-7B: 29.0 (#222)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-7B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1080 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen1.5-7B: 28.2 (#239)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-7B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 62.6% | 36.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1055 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |

## Multilingual

- Qwen1.5-7B: 28.6 (#266)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-7B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1058 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1006 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen1.5-7B: 54.4 (#276)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-7B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1058 | — |

## Long Context

- Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#261)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-7B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1090 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen1.5-7B: 29.8 (#288)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen1.5-7B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1084 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1035 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1061 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen1.5-7B better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Qwen1.5-7B has enough public results to be ranked (#270); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Qwen1.5-7B or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

StarCoder 2 3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 32.9 versus 31.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen1.5-7B and StarCoder 2 3B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen1.5-7B has 13 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.