Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
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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
Qwen3-Next 80B Base was introduced as an experimental base model with 80 billion total parameters and 3 billion active parameters. Built to explore advanced mixture-of-experts architectures, it provides a foundation for fine-tuning and research into efficient large-scale model design.
7 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-09-10
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
DeepInfra

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Base