Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct leads with 7.2% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Qwen2.5 7B 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 7B was created as an efficient instruction-tuned model, designed to provide capable performance with just 7 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring reliable language understanding with minimal computational overhead, it serves as an accessible entry point to the Qwen 2.5 family.
4 months newer

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Together

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct