Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Zero leads with 29.1% higher average benchmark score. Overall, DeepSeek R1 Zero is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Zero was introduced as an experimental variant trained with minimal human supervision, designed to develop reasoning patterns through self-guided reinforcement learning. Built to explore how models can discover analytical strategies independently, it represents research into autonomous reasoning capability development.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 7B was created as an efficient instruction-tuned model, designed to provide capable performance with just 7 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring reliable language understanding with minimal computational overhead, it serves as an accessible entry point to the Qwen 2.5 family.
4 months newer

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Together

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct