Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct leads with 11.7% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B was created through distillation into an ultra-compact Qwen architecture, designed to enable reasoning capabilities on resource-constrained devices. Built with just 1.5 billion parameters, it brings advanced analytical techniques to edge computing and mobile scenarios.
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.
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Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

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