Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B leads with 28.7% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 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 8B was developed as an efficient open-source model, designed to bring capable instruction-following to applications with limited computational resources. Built with 8 billion parameters, it provides a lightweight option for developers seeking reliable performance without the overhead of larger models.
6 months newer

Llama 3.1 8B 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 8B Instruct
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Cerebras
DeepInfra
Fireworks
Groq
Hyperbolic
Lambda
Sambanova
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