Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Zero leads with 31.8% 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 Coder 7B was created as an efficient coding-specialized model, designed to bring strong programming capabilities to resource-conscious deployments. Built with 7 billion parameters optimized for code understanding and generation, it provides developers with a lightweight option for code-related tasks.
4 months newer

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

DeepSeek R1 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Zero

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

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct