Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B leads with 8.4% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 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.
Meta
Llama 3.1 405B was developed as Meta's largest open-source language model, designed to provide frontier-level capabilities with 405 billion parameters. Built to demonstrate that open-source models can match proprietary systems in capability, it enables researchers and developers to experiment with and deploy a powerful foundation model without licensing restrictions.
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Meta
2024-07-23

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

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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