Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B leads with 18.7% higher average benchmark score. Claude 3 Sonnet supports multimodal inputs. Claude 3 Sonnet is available on 3 providers. Overall, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet was introduced as the balanced middle tier of the Claude 3 family, offering a combination of strong capabilities and operational speed. Designed to provide an optimal tradeoff between intelligence and performance for everyday tasks, it served as a versatile solution for a wide range of enterprise and consumer applications.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B was developed as a mid-sized distilled variant based on Qwen, designed to balance reasoning capability with practical deployment considerations. Built to provide strong analytical performance while remaining accessible, it serves applications requiring reliable reasoning without flagship-scale resources.
10 months newer

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
2024-02-29

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Claude 3 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
Available providers and their performance metrics

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Bedrock

Claude 3 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Claude 3 Sonnet

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B