Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
DeepSeek R1 Zero leads with 35.7% 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
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 Zero
DeepSeek
2025-01-20
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2 7B Instruct

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Qwen2 7B Instruct