Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3 30B A3B leads with 35.1% higher average benchmark score. Qwen3 30B A3B is available on 3 providers. Overall, Qwen3 30B A3B 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
Qwen3 30B was created with a mixture-of-experts architecture featuring 30 billion total parameters and 3 billion active parameters. Built to provide strong capabilities with efficient inference through sparse activation, it balances performance with practical computational requirements.
3 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Qwen3 30B A3B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-04-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen3 30B A3B
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen3 30B A3B
DeepInfra

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen3 30B A3B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Qwen3 30B A3B
Fireworks
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