Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads with 18.3% higher average benchmark score. GPT-3.5 Turbo is available on 2 providers. Overall, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B was developed as a compact distilled model, designed to provide reasoning capabilities in an efficient 7B parameter package. Built to extend analytical AI to a broad range of applications, it balances capability with the practical benefits of a smaller model size.
OpenAI
GPT-3.5 Turbo was developed as an optimized version of GPT-3.5, designed to provide a balance of capability and efficiency for conversational and completion tasks. Built to serve as a cost-effective option for applications requiring reliable language understanding and generation, it became widely adopted for chatbots, content generation, and general-purpose AI assistance.
1 year newer

GPT-3.5 Turbo
OpenAI
2023-03-21

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

GPT-3.5 Turbo
GPT-3.5 Turbo
2021-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

GPT-3.5 Turbo
Azure

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

GPT-3.5 Turbo

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

GPT-3.5 Turbo
OpenAI