Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads with 3.6% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 14B was developed as a mid-sized instruction-tuned model, designed to balance capability and efficiency for diverse language tasks. Built with 14 billion parameters, it provides strong performance for applications requiring reliable instruction-following without the resource demands of larger models.
4 months newer

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct