Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads with 3.5% 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 14B was developed as a mid-sized instruction-tuned model, designed to balance capability and efficiency for diverse language tasks. Built with 14 billion parameters, it provides strong performance for applications requiring reliable instruction-following without the resource demands of larger models.
4 months newer

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct