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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
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Winner summary
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B wins on 6/11 benchmarks
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B wins 6 of 11 shared benchmarks. Leads in general · knowledge · reasoning.
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
#173 by perf·no signal
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
#176 by perf·no signal
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Head to head
11 benchmarks · 2 models
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
BBH (HuggingFace)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads by +2.5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
5.3
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
7.9
GPQA
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads by +3.2
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
0.7
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
3.9
IFEval
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads by +2.6
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
37.8
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
40.4
MATH Level 5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +2.4
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
22.0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
19.6
MMLU-PRO
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads by +2.6
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
12.1
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
14.7
MUSR
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads by +3.1
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
0.5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
3.5
JCommonsenseQA
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +2.6
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
62.4
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
59.8
JMMLU
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B leads by +4.5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
37.8
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
42.3
JNLI
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +14.8
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
69.4
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
54.6
JSQuAD
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +6.0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
80.2
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
74.2
LLM-JP · Overall
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +2.1
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
41.4
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
39.3
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 5.3 | 7.9 |
GPQA | 0.7 | 3.9 |
IFEval | 37.8 | 40.4 |
MATH Level 5 | 22.0 | 19.6 |
MMLU-PRO | 12.1 | 14.7 |
MUSR | 0.5 | 3.5 |
JCommonsenseQA | 62.4 | 59.8 |
JMMLU | 37.8 | 42.3 |
JNLI | 69.4 | 54.6 |
JSQuAD | 80.2 | 74.2 |
LLM-JP · Overall | 41.4 | 39.3 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | — | — | — | — |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | — | — | — | — |