Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp (DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking), released by DeepSeek in September 2025, is the experimental preview release of the DeepSeek-V3.2 model featuring 685 billion total parameters and integrated thinking capabilities. It introduced the architecture and training approaches that became the foundation of the final V3.2 release, including thinking in tool-use and hybrid reasoning modes.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen2.5-Coder-7B-Instruct is a 7-billion-parameter code-specialized model from Alibaba, released in November 2024 as part of the Qwen2.5-Coder family, trained on a curated corpus spanning 92 programming languages with emphasis on code generation, debugging, and fill-in-the-middle completion. Built on the Qwen2.5 architecture, it extends the base series' improvements in instruction-following and long-context handling to coding-specific tasks within a compact deployable footprint. It became popular for integration into IDE extensions, CI pipelines, and self-hosted code assistant tools.
10 months newer
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba / Qwen
2024-11-12

DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
DeepSeek
2025-09-29
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
DeepSeek
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
DeepSeek-V3.2 Thinking
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct