Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads with 17.4% higher average benchmark score. 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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B was created as an efficient variant in the Qwen2 family, designed to provide capable instruction-following with 7 billion parameters. Built to serve as a practical foundation for applications requiring reliable language understanding, it balances performance with deployment efficiency.
6 months newer

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Qwen2 7B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Qwen2 7B Instruct