# Qwen2.5 7B Instruct vs StarCoder 2 7B

> Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#320); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen2-5-7b-instruct-vs-starcoder-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 3

## Summary

- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 7B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is BigCodeBench Complete: 46.1% for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct and 27.7% for StarCoder 2 7B.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 37.0 |
| Rank | 320 | — |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.17 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.70 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
- StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | 46.1% | 27.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.6% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 29.9% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 7.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.51 | 93.56 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 47.7% | — |
| LMCA | 6.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 29.4% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 32.7% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | 72.9% | 38.8% |
| GPQA Diamond | 35.5% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 53.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 34.1% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 38.7% |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 74.1% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | 73.1% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has enough public results to be ranked (#320); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Qwen2.5 7B Instruct or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 34.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5 7B Instruct and StarCoder 2 7B share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.