Model comparison

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B vs Qwen3 Coder Next

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B DeepSeek

35.5

Rank #226 Confirmed

Qwen3 Coder Next Alibaba (Qwen)

34.3

Rank #232 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 22.4 to 18.2.

Side by side

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and Qwen3 Coder Next specifications
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BQwen3 Coder Next
ProviderDeepSeekAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index35.534.3
Released2025-01-202026-02-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.12
Output $ / M tokens—$0.80
Results tracked143

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 36.1 (#212), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BQwen3 Coder Next
SciCode—32.3%
WeirdML—34.4%
BigCodeBench Instruct43.9%—
LiveBench Coding33.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete54.9%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 28.1 (#94), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BQwen3 Coder Next
BALROG19.5%—

Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 18.2 (#284), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BQwen3 Coder Next
CritPt—0%
Chess Puzzles1%—
LiveBench Reasoning52.3%—
LiveBench Data Analysis45.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index137.44—
LiveBench45.5%—

Math Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 34.5 (#194), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BQwen3 Coder Next
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202555.6%—
LiveBench Math59.4%—

Knowledge Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 35.7 (#182), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BQwen3 Coder Next
GPQA Diamond64.1%—

Instruction Following Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 61.6 (#243), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BQwen3 Coder Next
LiveBench Instruction Following55.7%—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B: 49.6 (#188), Qwen3 Coder Next: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32BQwen3 Coder Next
LiveBench Language26.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.5 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (36.1 vs 36.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B and Qwen3 Coder Next share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B has 14 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.

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