# Qwen3.6 Plus vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Qwen3.6 Plus has enough public results to be ranked (#54); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/qwen3-6-plus-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 3B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 40.6 to 32.9.
- StarCoder 2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Alibaba (Qwen) | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 47.3 | 35.8 |
| Rank | 54 | — |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $3 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.6 (#125)
- StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 57.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1461 | — |
| SciCode | 40.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1467 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| ALE-Bench | 670.15 | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Qwen3.6 Plus: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,115 | — |

## Reasoning

- Qwen3.6 Plus: 28.5 (#89)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 147.67 | 88.01 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 60.3% | — |
| CritPt | 2.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 17% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 59.5% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1449 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 12% | — |
| DTBench | 81.9% | — |
| LMCA | 33.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Qwen3.6 Plus: 50.6 (#44)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 38.2% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 93.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1450 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 26.2% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 8.3% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#40)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 88.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 44.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1456 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## Multilingual

- Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.5 (#66)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1424 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1478 | — |
| LMArena French | 1454 | — |
| LMArena German | 1451 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1389 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1381 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1432 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.2 (#70)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1425 | — |

## Long Context

- Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.1 (#48)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 20.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1440 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.4 (#78)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Qwen3.6 Plus | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1438 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Qwen3.6 Plus better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Qwen3.6 Plus has enough public results to be ranked (#54); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Qwen3.6 Plus or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.6 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Qwen3.6 Plus and StarCoder 2 3B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen3.6 Plus has 37 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.