Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B leads with 28.3% higher average benchmark score. GPT-3.5 Turbo is available on 2 providers. Overall, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B was developed as a mid-sized distilled variant based on Qwen, designed to balance reasoning capability with practical deployment considerations. Built to provide strong analytical performance while remaining accessible, it serves applications requiring reliable reasoning without flagship-scale resources.
OpenAI
GPT-3.5 Turbo was developed as an optimized version of GPT-3.5, designed to provide a balance of capability and efficiency for conversational and completion tasks. Built to serve as a cost-effective option for applications requiring reliable language understanding and generation, it became widely adopted for chatbots, content generation, and general-purpose AI assistance.
1 year newer

GPT-3.5 Turbo
OpenAI
2023-03-21

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

GPT-3.5 Turbo
GPT-3.5 Turbo
2021-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

GPT-3.5 Turbo
Azure

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

GPT-3.5 Turbo

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

GPT-3.5 Turbo
OpenAI