Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads with 1.3% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B was developed as a compact distilled variant, designed to bring reasoning capabilities to a more efficient 8B parameter Llama base. Built to democratize access to reasoning-enhanced models, it provides a lightweight option for applications requiring analytical depth with limited resources.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B was developed as a compact distilled model, designed to provide reasoning capabilities in an efficient 7B parameter package. Built to extend analytical AI to a broad range of applications, it balances capability with the practical benefits of a smaller model size.
Launched on the same date

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B