Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B leads with 25.8% higher average benchmark score. Both models have similar pricing. Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct is available on 4 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B was developed as a specialized coding model, designed to excel at programming tasks with 32 billion parameters specifically optimized for code. Built to understand and generate code across multiple programming languages, it serves developers requiring advanced code completion, debugging, and explanation capabilities.
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Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Cost per million tokens (USD)

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
DeepInfra

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Qwen2.5-Coder 32B Instruct
DeepInfra
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