Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads with 18.7% higher average benchmark score. Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on 9 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.
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 7B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
Bedrock

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

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