Model comparison
DeepSeek Coder 33B vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#43); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
DeepSeek
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DeepSeek Coder 33B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 48.7 to 38.0.
- DeepSeek Coder 33B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.9 | 51.5 |
| Released | 2023-11-02 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
DeepSeek Coder 33B: 38.0 (#184), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.7 (#54)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1471 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 51.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75% | — |
| MBPP+ | 70.1% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 41.7 (#53)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 96.32 | 149.24 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1457 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| WinoGrande | 62% | — |
Math Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.1 (#46)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
| GSM8K | 35.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#39)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1478 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.2% | — |
| MMLU | 39.4% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1445 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.7 (#55)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1438 |
Long Context Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DeepSeek Coder 33B: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 63.8 (#60)
| Benchmark | DeepSeek Coder 33B | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DeepSeek Coder 33B better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview has enough public results to be ranked (#43); DeepSeek Coder 33B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is DeepSeek Coder 33B or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.7 versus 38.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DeepSeek Coder 33B and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DeepSeek Coder 33B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.