# Qwen3-4B vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Qwen3-4B has enough public results to be ranked (#261); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-4b-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.5 | 35.8 |
| Rank | 261 | — |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen3-4B: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 35.7% | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.01 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 38.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 52.2% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3-4B | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 52.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.7% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3-4B better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Qwen3-4B has enough public results to be ranked (#261); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3-4B and StarCoder 2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Qwen3-4B has 6 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.