# Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) vs StarCoder 2 15B

> Neither Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) 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/qwen2-5-coder-vs-starcoder-2-15b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 5

## Summary

- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | — | 38.1 |
| Rank | — | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —
- StarCoder 2 15B: 36.6

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 37.8% |

## Reasoning

- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 113.14 | 105 |
| WinoGrande | 72.9% | 64.3% |
| HellaSwag | 76.8% | — |

## Math

- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 86.7% | 57.7% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B): —
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 60.9% | 47.2% |
| MMLU | 68% | 64.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) better than StarCoder 2 15B?

Neither Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) nor StarCoder 2 15B has enough public benchmark results to be ranked yet; the rows below show what has been published.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) and StarCoder 2 15B share?

5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen2.5-Coder (1.5B) has 6 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.