Pairwise benchmark snapshot · Aug 1, 2026

DeepSeek Coder V2 vs Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B benchmark

Name: DeepSeek Coder V2 vs Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B AI benchmark comparison
Creator: CompareLLM
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This page compares DeepSeek Coder V2 (DeepSeek) and Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (Alibaba) using the latest snapshots we have as of Aug 1, 2026. On preference Elo, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is ahead by 60 points (1,425 vs 1,365; seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). On SWE-bench coding, Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B resolves 65.2% versus 60.5% (seed-bootstrap (Aug 1, 2026)). Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B streams faster (110 tok/s) while DeepSeek Coder V2 is the cheaper output token ($0.28/1M). Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B has the larger context window (131k tokens). Every cell below is a dated snapshot from a named public source — we do not invent missing scores, and we do not run SWE-bench ourselves.

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DeepSeek

DeepSeek Coder V2

DeepSeek open-weight Mixture-of-Experts coding model supporting 338 programming languages and 128k context.

Elo 1,365$0.28/1M out

Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Alibaba dedicated open-weight code generation model with near-frontier SWE-bench Verified coding capability.

Elo 1,425$0.72/1M out

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Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

DeepSeek Coder V2 (2)vsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B (8)

DeepSeek Coder V2: 2W (20%)Overall: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 8W (80%)

← DeepSeek Coder V2Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B →

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,365vs1,425

Coding Elo

1,442vs1,495

SWE-bench

60.5%vs65.2%

LiveBench

58.6%vs64.8%

GPQA Diamond

70.2%vs74%

DeepSeek Coder V2: 0WQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 5W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

75 tok/svs110 tok/s

Time to first token

290 msvs180 ms

DeepSeek Coder V2: 0WQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2W

DeepSeek Coder V2 (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.28/1Mvs$0.72/1M

Input price

$0.14/1Mvs$0.18/1M

Context window

128kvs131k

DeepSeek Coder V2: 2WQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 1W

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Dimensional AdvantageQwen 2.5 Coder 32B 5/6

Preference Elo

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

60 pts advantage

Throughput Speed

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

35 tok/s faster

Price Efficiency

DeepSeek Coder V2

$0.44/1M cheaper

Full Benchmark Score Matrix

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Elo

High is better

1,365

EloHigh is better

1,425+4%

Code Elo

High is better

1,442

Code EloHigh is better

1,495+4%

LiveBench

High is better

58.6%

LiveBenchHigh is better

64.8%+11%

SWE-bench

High is better

60.5%

SWE-benchHigh is better

65.2%+8%

GPQA

High is better

70.2%

GPQAHigh is better

74%+5%

TTFT

Low is better

290 ms

TTFTLow is better

180 ms+61%

Speed

High is better

75 tok/s

SpeedHigh is better

110 tok/s+47%

In $

Low is better

+29%$0.14/1M

In $Low is better

$0.18/1M

Out $

Low is better

+157%$0.28/1M

Out $Low is better

$0.72/1M

Context

High is better

128k

ContextHigh is better

131k+2%

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Simulate monthly production API costs based on published $/1M tokens.

Save up to 47% with DeepSeek Coder V2

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

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Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

DeepSeek Coder V2$9.10 / mo

In: $4.90Out: $4.20

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B$17.10 / mo

In: $6.30Out: $10.80

Estimated Cost Delta

DeepSeek Coder V2 is estimated to save $8.00/month ($96/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B:Pick Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
DeepSeek Coder V2:Pick DeepSeek Coder V2 when you are optimizing output cost.
3
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B:Pick Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).

High-volume chatDeepSeek Coder V2

Lower output list price ($0.28/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Lower TTFT (180 ms).

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).
High-volume chat	DeepSeek Coder V2	Lower output list price ($0.28/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Lower TTFT (180 ms).
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

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LIVE

DeepSeek

DeepSeek Coder V2

Elo 1,365

LiveBench58.6%

SWE-bench60.5%

Speed75 tok/s

Output cost$0.28/1M

Alibaba

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Elo 1,425

LiveBench64.8%

SWE-bench65.2%

Speed110 tok/s

Output cost$0.72/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, DeepSeek Coder V2 or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,425). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, DeepSeek Coder V2 or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B leads SWE-bench at 65.2% vs 60.5%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: DeepSeek Coder V2 output tokens are $0.28/1M versus $0.72/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, DeepSeek Coder V2 or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B has the lower time-to-first-token (180 ms vs 290 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B accepts 131k tokens versus 128k.
Can I self-host either model?: Both DeepSeek Coder V2 and Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B are marked open-weights. Hosting cost is not in this table.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. DeepSeek Coder V2 and Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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DeepSeek Coder V2 vs Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B benchmark

Interactive Comparison Diagram

Matchup Breakdown

Tug-of-War Matchup Matrix

Category wins across intelligence, speed, and pricing efficiency.

DeepSeek Coder V2 (2)vsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B (8)

DeepSeek Coder V2: 2W (20%)Overall: Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 8W (80%)

← DeepSeek Coder V2Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B →

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (5/5)

Intelligence & Reasoning

Preference Elo, Coding proficiency, SWE-bench & LiveBench accuracy

Preference Elo

1,365vs1,425

Coding Elo

1,442vs1,495

SWE-bench

60.5%vs65.2%

LiveBench

58.6%vs64.8%

GPQA Diamond

70.2%vs74%

DeepSeek Coder V2: 0WQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 5W

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (2/2)

Speed & Latency

Generation throughput and time to first token responsiveness

Output speed

75 tok/svs110 tok/s

Time to first token

290 msvs180 ms

DeepSeek Coder V2: 0WQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 2W

DeepSeek Coder V2 (2/3)

Pricing & Capacity

Cost per million tokens and max context window length

Output price

$0.28/1Mvs$0.72/1M

Input price

$0.14/1Mvs$0.18/1M

Context window

128kvs131k

DeepSeek Coder V2: 2WQwen 2.5 Coder 32B: 1W

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).

High-volume chatDeepSeek Coder V2

Lower output list price ($0.28/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Lower TTFT (180 ms).

Long-document RAGQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Larger window (131k).

Screenshots / visionQwen 2.5 Coder 32B

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Higher SWE-bench (65.2%).
High-volume chat	DeepSeek Coder V2	Lower output list price ($0.28/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Lower TTFT (180 ms).
Long-document RAG	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Larger window (131k).
Screenshots / vision	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, DeepSeek Coder V2 or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,425). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.

Which is better at coding, DeepSeek Coder V2 or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B leads SWE-bench at 65.2% vs 60.5%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.

Which is cheaper to run in production?

DeepSeek Coder V2 output tokens are $0.28/1M versus $0.72/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.

Which is faster, DeepSeek Coder V2 or Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B has the lower time-to-first-token (180 ms vs 290 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B accepts 131k tokens versus 128k.

Can I self-host either model?

Both DeepSeek Coder V2 and Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B are marked open-weights. Hosting cost is not in this table.

Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?

No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.

What does preference Elo mean on this page?

Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. DeepSeek Coder V2 and Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.