Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads with 11.4% higher average benchmark score. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is $1.48 cheaper per million tokens. Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is available on 8 providers. Overall, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B was created as a larger distilled variant, designed to transfer more of DeepSeek-R1's reasoning capabilities into a Qwen-based foundation. Built to serve applications requiring enhanced analytical depth, it represents a powerful option in the distilled reasoning model family.
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 32B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

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Llama 3.1 405B Instruct
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