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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
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Winner summary
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B wins on 6/11 benchmarks
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B wins 6 of 11 shared benchmarks. Leads in general · knowledge · math.
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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
#175 by perf·no signal
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
#160 by perf·no signal
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Meta AI
$1.87T·Tier 1
Head to head
11 benchmarks · 2 models
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BMeta Llama 3 8B Instruct
BBH (HuggingFace)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +7.6
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
35.8
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
28.2
GPQA
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +0.8
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
2.0
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.2
IFEval
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +30.7
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
43.4
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
74.1
MATH Level 5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +22.0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
30.7
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
8.7
MMLU-PRO
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +12.0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
41.6
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
29.6
MUSR
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +11.7
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
13.3
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.6
JCommonsenseQA
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +25.3
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
62.4
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
87.7
JMMLU
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +8.9
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
37.8
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
46.7
JNLI
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +8.3
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
69.4
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
61.1
JSQuAD
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +9.3
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
80.2
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
89.5
LLM-JP · Overall
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +8.2
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
41.4
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
49.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 35.8 | 28.2 |
GPQA | 2.0 | 1.2 |
IFEval | 43.4 | 74.1 |
MATH Level 5 | 30.7 | 8.7 |
MMLU-PRO | 41.6 | 29.6 |
MUSR | 13.3 | 1.6 |
JCommonsenseQA | 62.4 | 87.7 |
JMMLU | 37.8 | 46.7 |
JNLI | 69.4 | 61.1 |
JSQuAD | 80.2 | 89.5 |
LLM-JP · Overall | 41.4 | 49.6 |
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