# Qwen3-1.7B vs StarCoder 2 7B

> Qwen3-1.7B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-1-7b-vs-starcoder-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 26.2 | 36.5 |
| Rank | 331 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen3-1.7B: —
- StarCoder 2 7B: 34.2

| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 27.7% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 29.9% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 28.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 92.92 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 8.1% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 32.7% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3-1.7B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 38% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 38.7% |
| MMLU | — | 38.8% |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3-1.7B better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Qwen3-1.7B has enough public results to be ranked (#331); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3-1.7B and StarCoder 2 7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-1.7B has 4 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.