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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B vs Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
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Winner summary
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct wins on 9/11 benchmarks
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct wins 9 of 11 shared benchmarks. Leads in general · knowledge · language.
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Hype vs Reality
Attention vs performance
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
#173 by perf·no signal
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
#113 by perf·no signal
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Pricing unknown
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DeepSeek
$3.4B·Tier 1
Meta AI
$1.50T·Tier 1
Head to head
11 benchmarks · 2 models
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BMeta Llama 3 8B Instruct
BBH (HuggingFace)
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +22.9
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
5.3
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
28.2
GPQA
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +0.6
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
0.7
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.2
IFEval
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +36.3
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
37.8
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
74.1
MATH Level 5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B leads by +13.3
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
22.0
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
8.7
MMLU-PRO
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +17.5
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
12.1
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
29.6
MUSR
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +1.1
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
0.5
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) | 5.3 | 28.2 |
GPQA | 0.7 | 1.2 |
IFEval | 37.8 | 74.1 |
MATH Level 5 | 22.0 | 8.7 |
MMLU-PRO | 12.1 | 29.6 |
MUSR | 0.5 | 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 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
| Model | Input | Output | Context | Projected $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | — | — | — | — |
| Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct | — | — | — | — |