Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B leads with 16.7% higher average benchmark score. 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B was developed as the flagship model in the Qwen2 generation, designed to provide advanced language understanding with 72 billion parameters. Built to deliver strong performance across diverse tasks, it represented a significant advancement in Qwen's model capabilities when introduced.
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Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Qwen2 72B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

Qwen2 72B Instruct