Model comparison

Qwen3.7 Max vs StarCoder 2 7B

Qwen3.7 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#42); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Qwen3.7 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

51.5

Rank #42 Confirmed

StarCoder 2 7B NVIDIA

37.0

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Qwen3.7 Max scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 7B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.7 Max leads 50.4 to 34.8.
  • StarCoder 2 7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Qwen3.7 Max and StarCoder 2 7B specifications
Qwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
ProviderAlibaba (Qwen)NVIDIA
Noometry Index51.537.0
Released2026-05-192024-02-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$2.50—
Output $ / M tokens$7.50—
Results tracked337

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.7 Max leads

Qwen3.7 Max: 50.4 (#45), StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
SWE-bench Verified77.3%—
LMArena WebDev1515—
SciCode48.8%—
LMArena Coding1498—
BigCodeBench Complete—27.7%
ALE-Bench1,189—
HumanEval+—29.9%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 22.1 (#135), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
GBAEval0.4%—

Reasoning Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 49.2 (#38), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
Epoch Capabilities Index153.6893.56
SimpleBench70.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)85.1%—
CritPt13.4%—
Chess Puzzles19%—
EBR-Bench9.5%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1483—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench92.3%—
LMCA44%—
WinoGrande—57.1%

Math Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 62.4 (#32), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 434.1%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
LMArena Math1490—
GSM8K—32.7%

Knowledge Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 61.6 (#28), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
GPQA Diamond90.9%—
SimpleQA Verified55.8%—
LMArena Expert1488—
ARC (AI2) Challenge—38.7%
MMLU—38.8%

Multilingual Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 56.9 (#15), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Non-English1474—
LMArena Chinese1530—
LMArena Russian1484—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 76.7 (#38), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Instruction Following1460—

Long Context Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 45.4 (#40), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Longer Query1482—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Qwen3.7 Max: 65.0 (#54), StarCoder 2 7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkQwen3.7 MaxStarCoder 2 7B
LMArena Text1476—
LMArena Creative Writing1449—
EQ-Bench 41110—
LMArena Multi-Turn1481—

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3.7 Max better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Qwen3.7 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#42); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Is Qwen3.7 Max or StarCoder 2 7B better for coding?

Qwen3.7 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.4 versus 34.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Qwen3.7 Max and StarCoder 2 7B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Qwen3.7 Max has 33 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 7B has 7.

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