Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2 72B Instruct leads with 8.6% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Qwen2 72B 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
Qwen2 72B was developed as the flagship model in the Qwen2 generation, designed to provide advanced language understanding with 72 billion parameters. Built to deliver strong performance across diverse tasks, it represented a significant advancement in Qwen's model capabilities when introduced.
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Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen2 72B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen2 72B Instruct