Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B leads with 11.8% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. 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.
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the Granite base model, designed to follow instructions reliably in enterprise settings. Built to serve business applications requiring dependable language understanding, it provides IBM's accessible interface for enterprise AI.
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
IBM
2025-04-16
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
Granite 3.3 8B Instruct
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Granite 3.3 8B Instruct