Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B leads with 26.1% higher average benchmark score. Both models have similar pricing. Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct is available on 4 providers. Overall, DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B was created through knowledge distillation from DeepSeek-R1 into a Llama-based architecture, designed to transfer reasoning capabilities to a widely-used open-source foundation. Built to combine DeepSeek's reasoning innovations with Llama's ecosystem compatibility, it enables broader access to advanced reasoning techniques.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B was developed as a specialized coding model, designed to excel at programming tasks with 32 billion parameters specifically optimized for code. Built to understand and generate code across multiple programming languages, it serves developers requiring advanced code completion, debugging, and explanation capabilities.
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Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
DeepInfra

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
DeepInfra
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